Abell 3526

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Abell 3526, also known as the Centaurus Cluster, is a massive nearby galaxy cluster notable for its rich galaxy population and strong X-ray emission.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Abell 3526 canonical 7

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Abell galaxy cluster ⓘ
galaxy cluster ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Centaurus Cluster ⓘ
BautzMorganType I ⓘ
catalogCode A3526 ⓘ
centralGalaxyType giant elliptical galaxy ⓘ
containsGalaxy NGC 4696 ⓘ
NGC 4696A ⓘ
linked to: NGC 4696

NGC 4696B ⓘ
NGC 4706 ⓘ
NGC 4709 ⓘ
discoveredBy George O. Abell ⓘ
distanceFromEarth approximately 170 million light-years ⓘ
approximately 52 megaparsecs ⓘ
environment dense cluster environment ⓘ
hasBrightestClusterGalaxy NGC 4696 ⓘ
hasCoolingFlow yes ⓘ
hasDarkMatter yes ⓘ
hasIntraclusterMedium hot gas ⓘ
hasMemberCount several hundred galaxies ⓘ
hasRadioSource PKS 1246-410 ⓘ
linked to: NGC 4696
hasSubcluster Cen 30 ⓘ
Cen 45 ⓘ
hasVelocityDispersion about 800–900 km/s ⓘ
hasXRayEmission strong ⓘ
isBrightIn X-ray ⓘ
optical ⓘ
isDynamicallyComplex yes ⓘ
isGravitationallyBoundSystem yes ⓘ
isNearbyCluster yes ⓘ
locatedInConstellation Centaurus ⓘ
mass on the order of 10^14–10^15 solar masses ⓘ
observedBy Chandra X-ray Observatory ⓘ
Einstein Observatory ⓘ
ROSAT ⓘ
XMM-Newton ⓘ
linked to: XMM-Newton mission
partOf Abell catalogue of rich clusters of galaxies ⓘ
redshift 0.0104 ⓘ
richnessClass 1 ⓘ
showsMergerActivity yes ⓘ
temperatureOfIntraclusterMedium about 3–4 keV ⓘ
usedForStudyOf cluster mergers ⓘ
cooling flows ⓘ
galaxy evolution in clusters ⓘ
intracluster medium ⓘ
XRayLuminosity high ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Centaurus Cluster → alsoKnownAs → Abell 3526 ⓘ
Hydra–Centaurus → contains → Abell 3526 ⓘ
NGC 4709 → isPartOf → Abell 3526 ⓘ
A3526 → alsoKnownAs → Abell 3526 ⓘ