Abell 1689
Abell 1689 is a galaxy cluster in the constellation Virgo over 2.3 billion light-years away.
| Abell 1689 | |
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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 ascension | 13h 11m 34.2s |
| Declination | −01° 21′ 56″ |
| Richness class | 4 |
| Bautz–Morgan classification | II-III |
| Redshift | 0.1832 |
| Distance | 754 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) |
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