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Abell 2199
Galaxy cluster in the constellation Hercules / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Abell 2199 is a galaxy cluster in the Abell catalogue featuring the brightest cluster galaxy NGC 6166, a cD galaxy.[6][7][8][9] Abell 2199 is the definition of a Bautz-Morgan type I cluster due to NGC 6166.
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Abell 2199 | |
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Observation data (Epoch J2000) | |
Constellation(s) | Hercules |
Right ascension | 16h 28m 38.5s[1] |
Declination | +39° 33′ 06″[1] |
Brightest member | NGC 6166 |
Number of galaxies | >290[2] |
Richness class | 2[3] |
Bautz–Morgan classification | I [3] |
Redshift | 0.030151[1] |
Distance | 128 Mpc (417 Mly) h−1 0.705 [1] |
ICM temperature | 4.71 ± 0.13 keV[4] |
Binding mass | 6.5×1014 h−1 0.70[5] M☉ |
X-ray flux | 10.64×10−11 erg s−1 cm−2 (0.1-2.4 keV)[1] |
See also: Galaxy group, Galaxy cluster, List of galaxy groups and clusters |
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