Abell 1060 CHI-1 bundle
Abell 1060 CHI-1 bundle
The Hydra Cluster (or Abell 1060) is a galaxy cluster located in the constellation Hydra that contains 157 bright galaxies. It spans about ten million light-years and has an unusually high proportion of dark matter. The cluster is part of the Hydra-Centaurus Supercluster located 158 million light-years from Earth.
The largest galaxies are the elliptical galaxies NGC 3309 and NGC 3311 and the spiral galaxy NGC 3312 all having a diameter of about 150,000 light-years. In spite of a nearly circular appearance on the sky, there is evidence in the galaxy velocities for a clumpy, three-dimensional distribution.
The largest galaxies are the elliptical galaxies NGC 3309 and NGC 3311 and the spiral galaxy NGC 3312 all having a diameter of about 150,000 light-years. In spite of a nearly circular appearance on the sky, there is evidence in the galaxy velocities for a clumpy, three-dimensional distribution.
Telescope
PLanewave CDK24 CHI-1
Camera
FLI PL9000
Location
El Sauce Observatory, Chile
Date of observation
from 2021/01/12 to 2022/01/08
Filters
LRGB
Processing
Pixinsight & Photoshop
Credits
Mathieu Guinot @Telescope Live