Open in 3DWhat it is
One of the most massive clusters near us and the brightest in X-rays. Sound waves from its central black hole ripple through its hot gas, 57 octaves below middle C.
Placed by its redshift, at the distance the expansion has carried it to by now; the dots around it are galaxies of the 2MASS and SDSS surveys, placed the same way.
In numbers
- From the Sun
- 247 million ly
- Redshift
- 0.0172
- RA / Dec
- 49.95° / 41.51°
Perseus Cluster
The Perseus Cluster is a cluster of galaxies in the constellation Perseus. It has a recession speed of 5,366 km/s and a diameter of 863′. It is one of the most massive objects in the known universe, containing thousands of galaxies immersed in a vast cloud of multimillion-degree gas.
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