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MACS J0717.5+3745

Galaxy cluster · Galaxy cluster in the constellation Auriga

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MACS J0717.5+3745
Picture: NASA, ESA, CXC, NRAO/AUI/NSF, STScI, and R. van Weeren (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

About MACS J0717.5+3745

The light we see from it set out 5.52 billion years ago, when the universe was 8.27 billion years old (redshift 0.545).

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)6.83 billion light-years (2,096 Mpc)
Redshift z0.545
Light travel time5.52 billion years
Universe's age when this light left8.27 billion years
Distance methodredshift (Planck 2018 cosmology)
Supergalactic coordinatesSGL 32.0°, SGB -36.3°

Where it is

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

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From Wikipedia

MACS J0717.5+3745 is a large galaxy cluster located 5.4 billion light years away in the constellation Auriga, appearing in the Massive Cluster Survey (MACS).

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article MACS J0717.5+3745, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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