Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Hydra (Hya)  ·  Contains:  IC 629  ·  NGC 3307  ·  NGC 3308  ·  NGC 3309  ·  NGC 3311  ·  NGC 3312  ·  NGC 3314  ·  NGC 3316
Abell 1060-The Hydra I Galaxy Cluster, Lawrence E. Hazel
Abell 1060-The Hydra I Galaxy Cluster
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Abell 1060-The Hydra I Galaxy Cluster

Abell 1060-The Hydra I Galaxy Cluster, Lawrence E. Hazel
Abell 1060-The Hydra I Galaxy Cluster
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Abell 1060-The Hydra I Galaxy Cluster

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The Hydra Cluster (or Abell 1060) is a cluster of galaxies that contains 157 bright galaxies and can be viewed from earth in the constellation Hydra. The cluster spans about ten million light years and has an unusual high proportion of dark matter. The cluster is part of the Hydra-Centaurus Supercluster located 158 million light years from earth. The cluster's largest galaxies are elliptical galaxies NGC 3309 and NGC 3311 and the spiral galaxy NGC 3312 all having a diameter of about 150,000 light years. In spite of a nearly circular appearance on the sky, there is evidence in the galaxy velocities for a clumpy, three-dimensional distribution.



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