Abell 426

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Abell 426, also known as the Perseus Cluster, is a massive, nearby galaxy cluster notable for its bright X-ray emission and central active galaxy NGC 1275.

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Abell 426 canonical 3

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Abell galaxy cluster ⓘ
galaxy cluster ⓘ
cataloguedIn Abell catalogue of rich clusters of galaxies ⓘ
centralGalaxyType Seyfert galaxy ⓘ
radio-loud AGN ⓘ
discoveredBy George O. Abell ⓘ
hasAbellNumber 426 ⓘ
hasAGNFeedbackFeatures X-ray cavities ⓘ
radio bubbles ⓘ
shock fronts ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Perseus Cluster ⓘ
hasApproximateDistance 240 million light-years ⓘ
73 Mpc ⓘ
hasApproximateMass 10^15 solar masses ⓘ
hasBautzMorganType II ⓘ
hasBrightestClusterGalaxy NGC 1275 ⓘ
linked to: Perseus Cluster
hasCentralActiveGalaxy NGC 1275 ⓘ
hasCentralGalaxy NGC 1275 ⓘ
linked to: Perseus Cluster
hasCoolingFlow yes ⓘ
hasDeclination +41° 30′ ⓘ
hasDominantEmissionMechanism thermal bremsstrahlung in X-rays ⓘ
hasGalacticLatitude −13° ⓘ
hasGalacticLongitude 150° ⓘ
hasIntraclusterMedium hot X-ray emitting gas ⓘ
hasMorphologicalType rich, centrally concentrated cluster ⓘ
hasNotableGalaxy IC 310 ⓘ
NGC 1272 ⓘ
NGC 1273 ⓘ
linked to: NGC 1272

NGC 1277 ⓘ
UGC 2669 ⓘ
hasNumberOfMemberGalaxies > 500 ⓘ
hasRadioMiniHalo yes ⓘ
hasRedshift 0.0179 ⓘ
hasRichnessClass 2 ⓘ
hasRightAscension 03h 19m ⓘ
hasSignificantFeature pressure waves in intracluster gas ⓘ
sound-wave-like ripples in X-ray images ⓘ
hasTemperatureOfICM ~6–7 keV ⓘ
hasVelocityDispersion ~1300 km/s ⓘ
hasXRayEmission very bright ⓘ
locatedInConstellation Perseus ⓘ
memberOfSupercluster Perseus–Pisces Supercluster ⓘ
observedInXRayBy Chandra X-ray Observatory ⓘ
ROSAT ⓘ
XMM-Newton ⓘ
linked to: XMM-Newton mission
usedAsLaboratoryFor AGN feedback studies ⓘ
galaxy evolution in dense environments ⓘ
intracluster medium physics ⓘ

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