- XMMXCS 2215-1738
Galaxy cluster
name = XMMXCS 2215-1738
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other_names =XMMXCS 2215-1738 is a
galaxy cluster that lies 10 billion light-years away, orredshift z=1.45 . It was discovered by theXMM Cluster Survey in 2006.XMMXCS 2215-1738 is the most distant galaxy cluster discovered as of
June 2006 . It is embedded in intergalactic gas that has a temperature of 10 million degrees. The estimated mass of the cluster is 500 trillionsolar masses . The cluster was discovered and studied using theXMM Newton andKeck Telescope s.The cluster is surprisingly large and evolved for a cluster that existed when the universe was only 3 billion years old.
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galaxy cluster
*XMM Newton
*XMM Cluster Survey (XCS )References
* [http://www.astro.livjm.ac.uk/~xcs/aas Most Distant Galaxy Cluster Found 10 Billion light-years Away]
XMM Cluster Survey (XCS )
* [http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0606075 The XMM Cluster Survey: A Massive Galaxy Cluster at z=1.45]S. A. Stanford (arXiv preprint) Sun, 4 Jun 2006 16:23:55 GMTExternal links
* [http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Astronomers_Find_Most_Distant_Galaxy_Cluster_Yet.html Astronomers Find Most Distant Galaxy Cluster Yet] (SpaceDaily) Jun 7, 2006
* [http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/060608_galaxy_cluster.html Maturity of Farthest Galaxy Cluster Surprises Astronomers] Christine L. Kulyk (SPACE.com) 08 June 2006 06:20 am ET
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