Centre of Norma Cluster with Milky Way stars in the foreground. Giant galaxies ESO 137-8 and ESO 137-6 are visible to the left.
Observation data (Epoch J2000)
Constellation(s)
Norma, Triangulum Australe
Right ascension
16h 15m 32.8s[1]
Declination
−60° 54′ 30″[1]
Richness class
1[2]
Bautz–Morgan classification
I [2]
Redshift
0.01570 (4 707 km/s)[1]
Distance
67.8 Mpc (221.1 Mly) h−1 0.705[1]
Binding mass
1015[3]M☉
X-ray flux
10 mCrab[3]
Other designations
Abell 3627, ACO 3627[1]
See also: Galaxy group, Galaxy cluster, List of galaxy groups and clusters
The Norma Cluster (ACO 3627 or Abell 3627) is a rich cluster of galaxies located near the center of the Great Attractor; it is about 68 Mpc (222 Mly) distant.[4][5] Although it is both nearby and bright, it is difficult to observe because it is located in the Zone of Avoidance, a region near the plane of the Milky Way. Consequently, the cluster is severely obscured by interstellar dust at optical wavelengths. Its mass is estimated to be on the order of 1015 solar masses.[3]
ESO 137-001, an example of a jellyfish galaxy, is located in Abell 3627.[6]
^ abAbell, George O.; Corwin, Harold G. Jr.; Olowin, Ronald P. (May 1989). "A catalog of rich clusters of galaxies". Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 70 (May 1989): 1–138. Bibcode:1989ApJS...70....1A. doi:10.1086/191333. ISSN 0067-0049.
^ abcH. Boehringer et al., Astrophys. J.467, 168 (1996)., R. C. Kraan-Korteweg et al., Nature379, 519 (1996).
^R. C. Kraan-Korteweg, in Lecture Notes in Physics 556, edited by D. Pageand J.G. Hirsch, p. 301 (Springer, Berlin, 2000).
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