Abell S740

Galaxy cluster
name = Abell S740


caption = Hubble Illuminates Cluster of Diverse Galaxies in Abell S740
Credit: J. Blakeslee (Washington State University)
constellation = Centaurus
epoch=J2000
ra=RA|13|43|32.3cite web
title=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database
work=Results for Abell S740
url=http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/
accessdate=2007-02-15 ]
dec=DEC|-38|11|05
z = 10,073 km/s
member_no = 30-49Ref_label|A|a|none
brightest_member = ESO 325-G004cite web
title=Hubble Illuminates Cluster of Diverse Galaxies
url=http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2007/08
accessdate=2007-02-15 ]
other_names =

The Abell S740 is a cluster of galaxies identified in the Abell catalogue of rich clusters of galaxies. It is over 450 Mly away in the constellation Centaurus. It has a red shift of 10,073 km/s.

Notes

1. Note_label|A|a|noneNED lists the Richness Class of this cluster to be 0 which, according to Abell catalogue, means 30-49 galaxies.

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