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Abell 1689

Galaxy cluster · Large galaxy cluster in the constellation Virgo

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Abell 1689
Picture: NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA), J. Blakeslee (NRC Herzberg Astrophysics Program, Dominion Astrophysical Observatory), and H. Ford (JHU), CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

About Abell 1689

The light we see from it set out 2.33 billion years ago, when the universe was 11.5 billion years old (redshift 0.183).

The map lists it as a galaxy cluster and shows it at the scale of the large-scale universe, drawn on the supergalactic plane.

Key numbers

Distance (comoving, today)2.53 billion light-years (775 Mpc)
Redshift z0.183
Light travel time2.33 billion years
Universe's age when this light left11.5 billion years
Distance methodredshift (Planck 2018 cosmology)
Supergalactic coordinatesSGL 118.9°, SGB +3.6°

Where it is

Its place in the universe, from the inside out: Observable universe.

Zoom out to see it in context: Cosmic web, a view about 11 billion light-years across.

From Wikipedia

Abell 1689 is a galaxy cluster in the constellation Virgo over 2.3 billion light-years away.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Abell 1689, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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