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Antlia Cluster

Galaxy cluster · Galaxy cluster in the constellation Antlia

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Antlia Cluster
Picture: Dark Energy Survey/DOE/FNAL/DECam/CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA Image processing: R. Colombari & M. Zamani (NSF NOIRLab), CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

About the Antlia Cluster

The light we see from it set out 0.132 billion years ago, when the universe was 13.7 billion years old (redshift 0.009205).

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

Distance132.75 million light-years (40.70 Mpc)
Redshift z0.009205
Light travel time0.132 billion years
Universe's age when this light left13.7 billion years
Distance methodredshift-independent (literature)
Supergalactic coordinatesSGL 149.3°, SGB -38.4°

Where it is

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

Zoom out to see it in context: Virgo Supercluster, a view about 230 million light-years across.

From Wikipedia

The Antlia Cluster is a cluster of galaxies located in the Hydra–Centaurus Supercluster. The Antlia Cluster is the third-nearest to the Local Group after the Virgo Cluster and Fornax Cluster.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Antlia Cluster, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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