| ESO 146-5 | |
|---|---|
 ESO 146-5 as seen by HST. The extended blue structures surrounding the central galaxies are gravitationally lensed views of a much more distant galaxy behind the cluster. | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Indus |
| Right ascension | 22h 01m 53.306s[1] |
| Declination | −59° 56′ 43.373″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.10083[1] |
| Distance | 1.4 Gly |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | E[1] |
| Mass | (2.7±0.4)×1013[2] M☉ |
| Other designations | |
| APMBGC 146+076+007, ENACS ACO 3827 11, 2MASX J22015330-5956437[1] | |
ESO 146-5 (ESO 146-IG 005) is the designation given to a giant interacting elliptical galaxy in the center of the Abell 3827 cluster. It is well noted due to its strong gravitational lensing effect, measurements of which show the galaxy to be one of the most massive in the known universe.
- ^ a b c d e "SIMBAD query result". Basic data for ESO 146-5.
- ^ Durrer, R., & Parnovsky, S. (2023). Catastrophic Dark Matter Particle Capture, 11. https://arxiv.org/pdf/2208.08843.pdf