Abell 1060

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Abell 1060 is a nearby, rich galaxy cluster in the constellation Hydra, notable for its dense concentration of galaxies and role in studies of large-scale cosmic structure.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Abell 1060 canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Abell galaxy cluster ⓘ
galaxy cluster ⓘ
alternativeName ACO 1060 ⓘ
Hydra Cluster ⓘ
apparentAngularSize about 1 degree on the sky ⓘ
catalogue Abell catalogue of rich clusters of galaxies ⓘ
catalogueNumber Abell 1060 ⓘ
clusterCenterGalaxy NGC 3311 ⓘ
clusterDynamicalState relatively relaxed ⓘ
clusterMass on the order of 10^14–10^15 solar masses ⓘ
clusterType X-ray luminous cluster ⓘ
constellation Hydra ⓘ
containsGalaxy NGC 3309 ⓘ
NGC 3311 ⓘ
NGC 3312 ⓘ
cosmologicalSignificance probe of baryon fraction in clusters ⓘ
probe of cluster scaling relations ⓘ
discoveredBy George O. Abell (via Palomar Observatory Sky Survey) ⓘ
distanceFromEarth approximately 160 million light-years ⓘ
approximately 50 Mpc ⓘ
dominantGalaxy NGC 3309 ⓘ
NGC 3311 ⓘ
environment nearby universe ⓘ
galaxyPopulation elliptical galaxies ⓘ
lenticular galaxies ⓘ
spiral galaxies ⓘ
hasCoolingCore weak or absent cooling core ⓘ
hasGravitationalPotential dominated by dark matter ⓘ
hasIntraclusterMedium hot X-ray emitting gas ⓘ
hasRedSequence yes ⓘ
hasSubstructure limited subclustering compared to more disturbed clusters ⓘ
isNearbyCluster true ⓘ
locatedIn Hydra constellation ⓘ
linked to: constellation Hydra
memberOf Abell catalogue ⓘ
morphologicalType regular cluster ⓘ
observedIn X-ray wavelengths ⓘ
optical wavelengths ⓘ
redshift 0.0114 ⓘ
richnessClass rich cluster ⓘ
skyLocation southern celestial hemisphere ⓘ
usedAs benchmark for nearby cluster studies ⓘ
usedForStudyOf dark matter distribution in clusters ⓘ
galaxy evolution in clusters ⓘ
intracluster medium ⓘ
large-scale structure of the universe ⓘ
velocityDispersion approximately 600–800 km/s ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Hydra–Centaurus → contains → Abell 1060 ⓘ
Hydra Cluster → alsoKnownAs → Abell 1060 ⓘ
Abell 1060 → catalogueNumber → Abell 1060 ⓘ