Abell 1689

Abell 1689
Hubble view of galaxy cluster Abell 1689. It combines both visible and infrared data, with a combined exposure time of over 34 hours.
Observation data (Epoch J2000)
Constellation(s)Virgo
Right ascension13h 11m 34.2s
Declination−01° 21′ 56″
Richness class4
Bautz–Morgan classificationII-III
Redshift0.1832
Distance754 Mpc (2,459 Mly) h−1
0.705
X-ray flux(14.729 ± 8.1%)×10−11 erg s−1 cm−2 (0.1–2.4 keV)

Abell 1689 is a galaxy cluster in the constellation Virgo over 2.3 billion light-years away.

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