The Ladder of Scale · structure
Norma Cluster (Abell 3627)
Cluster · 20 million ly
- Coordinates
- 16h 14m 22.5s −60° 52′ 07.0″ · ACO 3627 via Sc
- RA (deg)
- 243.59375
- Dec (deg)
- -60.86861
- Within
- Great Attractor
- Notes
- The densest thing at the heart of the Great Attractor, hidden behind our own galaxy's dust and only properly measured in the 1990s.
- Distance (ly)
- 220000000
- Recognised
- 1996
- Population
- a rich cluster
- Size (ly)
- 20000000
- Kind
- Cluster
- Redshift
- 0.016
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