Abell 3266

Abell 3266
Observation data (Epoch J2000)
Constellation(s)Reticulum
Right ascension04h 31m 12s[1]
Declination−61° 28′ 00″[1]
Richness class2[2]
Bautz–Morgan classificationI-II[2]
Redshift0.05890 (17 658 km/s)[3]
Distance248 Mpc (809 Mly) h−1
0.705 [3]
X-ray flux3.5×10−11 erg s−1 cm−2 (0.5–2 keV) [3]

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.

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.[4][5]

  1. ^ a b "HEASARC Browse". Result for Abell 3266. Retrieved 2010-10-03.
  2. ^ a b Abell, George O.; Corwin, Harold G. Jr.; Olowin, Ronald P. (May 1989). "A catalog of rich clusters of galaxies" (PDF). Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 70 (May 1989): 1–138. Bibcode:1989ApJS...70....1A. doi:10.1086/191333. ISSN 0067-0049. Retrieved March 13, 2012.
  3. ^ a b c "NED results for object ABELL 3266". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database (NED). Retrieved March 17, 2012.
  4. ^ XMM-Newton Spots Greatest Ball Of Fire
  5. ^ XMM-Newton spots the greatest of great balls of fire