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Abell 2029

Galaxy cluster · Large galaxy cluster in the constellation Virgo

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Abell 2029
Picture: X-ray: NASA/CXC/CfA/C. Watson et al.; Optical: PanSTARRS; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/N. Wolk and P. Edmonds, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

About Abell 2029

The light we see from it set out 1.05 billion years ago, when the universe was 12.7 billion years old (redshift 0.0767).

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)1.09 billion light-years (334 Mpc)
Redshift z0.0767
Light travel time1.05 billion years
Universe's age when this light left12.7 billion years
Distance methodredshift (Planck 2018 cosmology)
Supergalactic coordinatesSGL 120.2°, SGB +34.2°

Where it is

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

Zoom out to see it in context: Nearby superclusters, a view about 2.3 billion light-years across.

From Wikipedia

Abell 2029 or A2029 is a large and relaxed cluster of galaxies 315 megaparsecs away in the constellation Virgo. A2029 is a Bautz–Morgan classification type I cluster due to its large central galaxy, IC 1101. Abell 2029 has a diameter of 5.8–8 million light-years.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Abell 2029, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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