Abell 3266
Abell 3266 is a galaxy cluster in the southern sky. It is part of the Horologium-Reticulum Supercluster. The galaxy cluster is one of the largest in the southern sky, and one of the largest mass concentrations in the nearby universe.
| Abell 3266 | |
|---|---|
| Observation data (Epoch J2000) | |
| Constellation(s) | Reticulum |
| Right ascension | 04h 31m 12s |
| Declination | −61° 28′ 00″ |
| Richness class | 2 |
| Bautz–Morgan classification | I-II |
| Redshift | 0.05890 (17 658 km/s) |
| Distance | 248 Mpc (809 Mly) h−1 0.705 |
| X-ray flux | 3.5×10−11 erg s−1 cm−2 (0.5–2 keV) |
The Department of Physics at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County discovered that a large mass of gas is hurtling through the cluster at a speed of 750 km/s (466 miles/second). The mass is billions of solar masses, approximately 3 million light-years in diameter and is the largest of its kind discovered as of June 2006.
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