Abell 223 | |
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Observation data (Epoch J2000) | |
Constellation(s) | Cetus |
Right ascension | 01h 37m 55.9s[1] |
Declination | −12° 49′ 11″[1] |
Brightest member | LEDA 947139[2] |
Richness class | 3[3] |
Bautz–Morgan classification | III[3] |
Velocity dispersion | 1,032 km/s[4] |
Redshift | 0.2079 ± 0.0008[4] |
Distance | 2.4 Gly (740 Mpc)[5] |
ICM temperature | 4.38 ± 0.16[4] |
Other designations | |
RXC J0137.9-1248[1] |
Abell 223 is a galaxy cluster. It is located at a distance of 2.4 billion light-years from Earth. The cluster is connected to nearby cluster Abell 222 by a filament of matter. Research has shown that only 20% of that matter is normal. The rest is thought to be dark matter.[5] This means that this would form the Abell 222/ Abell 223 Supercluster as we understand them.[6]