| Abell 2657 / Galaxy Cluster, type 2 4 I |
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| R.A. | 23h 44m 48.0s (2000.0) |
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| DEc. | +09°08' 00" (2000.0) |
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| Apparent Size | 30.2' |
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| # of Galaxies | 51 |
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| Red Shift | N/A |
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| Magnitude | 14.9 |
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| Distance | 440 million light yrs. |
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| Supergalactic cluster | - |
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This is a small galaxy cluster located at the southern edge of Pegasus, 3.7 degrees NNE of ι Piscium.
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Abell 2657 contains just over 50 tiny galaxies within a region about 30 arcminutes across.
The brightest member is the elliptical galaxy CGCG 407-53, seen slightly above and to the left of center,
but its apparent diameter is less than 1 arcminute and its brightness is only about 15th magnitude.
The distance to the cluster is estimated to be about 440 million light-years.
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