Hydra Cluster

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The Hydra Cluster is a massive galaxy cluster in the constellation Hydra, notable as one of the dominant structures within the nearby universe and a key component of the Hydra–Centaurus region.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Hydra Cluster canonical 5
Hydra subcluster 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf astronomical object ⓘ
galaxy cluster ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Abell 1060 ⓘ
catalogCode A1060 ⓘ
containsGalaxy NGC 3309 ⓘ
NGC 3311 ⓘ
NGC 3312 ⓘ
numerous elliptical galaxies ⓘ
numerous lenticular galaxies ⓘ
numerous spiral galaxies ⓘ
discoveredBy George O. Abell (as part of the Abell catalog) ⓘ
distanceFromEarth approximately 190 million light-years ⓘ
approximately 58 megaparsecs ⓘ
dominantGalaxy NGC 3309 ⓘ
NGC 3311 ⓘ
emits X-rays ⓘ
hasDarkMatter dominant mass component inferred from dynamics ⓘ
hasDynamicalState evidence of substructure and infall in outskirts ⓘ
relatively relaxed core ⓘ
hasEnvironment dense cluster core ⓘ
surrounded by large-scale filamentary structures ⓘ
hasProperty contains hot intracluster gas ⓘ
rich in early-type galaxies ⓘ
hasRole anchor of one end of the Hydra–Centaurus supercluster region ⓘ
hasSubstructure central cD galaxy NGC 3311 ⓘ
hasTemperature intracluster gas temperature of several keV ⓘ
hasVelocityDispersion on the order of several hundred km/s ⓘ
is a key component of the Hydra–Centaurus region ⓘ
one of the dominant mass concentrations in the nearby universe ⓘ
one of the nearest rich galaxy clusters ⓘ
isComponentOf Hydra–Centaurus Supercluster ⓘ
isNeighborOf Centaurus Cluster ⓘ
isPartOf Hydra–Centaurus–Pavo large-scale complex ⓘ
locatedInConstellation Hydra ⓘ
mass on the order of 10^14–10^15 solar masses ⓘ
memberOf Abell catalog of galaxy clusters ⓘ
observedIn X-ray wavelengths ⓘ
optical wavelengths ⓘ
radio wavelengths ⓘ
partOf Hydra–Centaurus region ⓘ
linked to: Hydra–Centaurus

local universe ⓘ
redshift 0.0126 ⓘ
usedFor mapping local large-scale structure ⓘ
studies of galaxy evolution in cluster environments ⓘ
studies of intracluster medium ⓘ
xRayLuminosity moderate compared to very rich clusters ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Hydra–Centaurus → contains → Hydra Cluster ⓘ
Hydra–Centaurus → hasSubstructure → Hydra subcluster ⓘ
linked to: Hydra Cluster
Abell 1060 → alternativeName → Hydra Cluster ⓘ
Great Attractor region → associatedWith → Hydra Cluster ⓘ
Hydra → containsNotableDeepSkyObject → Hydra Cluster ⓘ