MS 0735.6+7421

Infobox Galaxy
name = MS 0735.6+7421


epoch = J2000
ra = RA|07|41|50.2cite web
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accessdate=2006-11-04]
dec = DEC|+74|14|51
constellation name = Camelopardalis
z = 64,800 ± 900 km/s
dist_ly = 2.6 billion light-years
type = ?
appmag_v = 17.7
size_v = 25'
notes =
names = ZwCl 0735.7+7421

MS 0735.6+7421 is a galaxy cluster.

The most powerful explosion since the big bang occurred there. Using data from the Chandra Space Telescope, scientists have deduced that an explosion several hundred million times as powerful as a gamma ray burst took 100 million years to occur at the heart of the galaxy cluster. The remnants of the explosion are seen as two cavities on either side of a large central galaxy. It is estimated that over 300 million solar masses of material infell to the supermassive black hole, resulting in the explosion. The projected mass consumed is larger than many super-massive black holes in and of itself.

The cluster has a red shift of 64,800 ± 900 km/s and an apparent size of 25′. [cite web
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title = Galaxies: MS0735.6+7421
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date = November 3, 2006
url = http://jumk.de/astronomie/galaxies/ms0735.shtml
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accessdate = 7/12/2008]

References

External links

* [http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/01/050106091317.htm Most Powerful Eruption In The Universe Discovered] NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center (ScienceDaily) January 6, 2005
* [http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2005/ms0735/ MS 0735.6+7421: Most Powerful Eruption in the Universe Discovered] (CXO at Harvard)
* [http://www.nasa.gov/missions/deepspace/chandra_eruption.html Hungry for More] (NASA)
* [http://www.universetoday.com/2006/11/02/super-supermassive-black-hole/ Super-Super-massive Black Hole] (Universetoday)
* [http://jumk.de/astronomie/galaxies/ms0735.shtml A site for the cluster]