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Coordinates: 00h 14m 19.51s, −30° 23′ 19.18″

Abell 2744
Abell 2744, nicknamed Pandora's Cluster, is a giant galaxy
cluster resulting from the simultaneous pile-up of at least four Abell 2744
separate, smaller galaxy clusters that took place over a span of 350
million years.[1] The galaxies in the cluster make up less than five
percent of its mass.[1] The gas (around 20 percent) is so hot that it
shines only in X-rays.[1] Dark matter makes up around 75 percent of
the cluster's mass.[1]

This cluster also shows a radio halo along with several other Abell
clusters. It has a strong central halo, along with an extended tail,
which could either be relic radiation, or an extension of the central
halo.[4]

Renato Dupke, a member of the team that discovered the Cluster,

Abell 2744, nicknamed Pandora's
explained the origin of the name in an interview: "We nicknamed it
‘Pandora's Cluster’ because so many different and strange Cluster. The galaxies in the cluster
phenomena were unleashed by the collision."[5] make up less than five percent of its
mass. The gas (around 20 percent)
is so hot that it shines only in X-rays
(coloured red in this image). The
Contents distribution of invisible dark matter
Gallery (making up around 75 percent of the
cluster's mass) is coloured here in
See also
blue.
References
Observation data (Epoch J2000)
External links
Constellation(s) Sculptor
Right 00h 14m 19.51s
Gallery ascension [1]

Declination −30° 23′ 19.18″

[1]

Richness class 3[2]

Bautz–Morgan III[2]
classification
Redshift 0.30800[3]
Distance 1,221 Mpc
(co-moving) (3,982 Mly) h−1
0.705
[3]

X-ray flux (5.805 ±

4.7%) × 10−13 erg
s−1 cm−2 (0.1–2.4
keV) [3]

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Other designations
Pandora's Cluster

Giant galaxy cluster The galaxies that Abell 2744 galaxy

Abell 2744 observed are not coloured cluster - Hubble
as part of the blue are either in the Frontier Fields view
Frontier Fields foreground or (7 January 2014).[8]
programme.[6] background and are
not part of the
cluster.[7]

Abell 2744 galaxy

cluster - extremely
distant galaxies
revealed by
gravitational lensing
(16 October
2014).[9]

See also
Abell 370
Abell catalogue
List of Abell clusters
X-ray Astronomy

References
1. "Pandora's Cluster – Clash of the Titans" (http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2011/1
7/). NASA.
2. Abell, George O.; Corwin, Harold G., Jr.; Olowin, Ronald P. (May 1989). "A catalog of rich clusters of
galaxies" (http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-iarticle_query?bibcode=1989ApJS...70....1A
&page_ind=0&epage_ind=137&type=PRINTER&data_type=PDF_HIGH&email=&emailsize=500&em
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ailsplit=YES&send=GET&verified=YES) (PDF). Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 70 (May

1989): 1–138. Bibcode:1989ApJS...70....1A (https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1989ApJS...70....1A).
doi:10.1086/191333 (https://doi.org/10.1086%2F191333). ISSN 0067-0049 (https://www.worldcat.or
g/issn/0067-0049). Retrieved 13 March 2012.
3. "NED results for object ABELL 2744" (http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=A
bell+2744&extend=no). NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database (NED). Retrieved 17 March 2012.
4. Govoni, F.; Ensslin, T. A.; Feretti, L.; Giovannini, G. (23 January 2001). "A Comparison of Radio and
X-Ray Morphologies of Four Clusters of Galaxies Containing Radio Halos". Astronomy &
Astrophysics. 369: 441–449. arXiv:astro-ph/0101418 (https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0101418).
Bibcode:2001A&A...369..441G (https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2001A&A...369..441G).
doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20010115 (https://doi.org/10.1051%2F0004-6361%3A20010115).
5. Renato Dupke quoted at Pandora's Cluster - a galactic crash investigation (http://www.spacetelescop
e.org/news/heic1111/) Press release of 22 June 2011
6. "Swimming in Sculptor" (http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/potw1610a/). Retrieved 7 March
2016.
7. "Hubble sees ghost light from dead galaxies in galaxy cluster Abell 2744" (http://www.spacetelescop
e.org/images/opo1443a/). www.spacetelescope.org. ESA/Hubble. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
8. Clavin, Whitney; Jenkins, Ann; Villard, Ray (7 January 2014). "NASA's Hubble and Spitzer Team up
to Probe Faraway Galaxies" (http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2014-007). NASA.
Retrieved 8 January 2014.
9. Chou, Felecia; Weaver, Donna (16 October 2014). "RELEASE 14-283 - NASA's Hubble Finds
Extremely Distant Galaxy through Cosmic Magnifying Glass" (http://www.nasa.gov/press/2014/octob
er/nasa-s-hubble-finds-extremely-distant-galaxy-through-cosmic-magnifying-glass/). NASA.
Retrieved 17 October 2014.

External links
Image in the visible spectra -Hubble spacetelescope(Lars Holm Nielsen et al) (http://www.spaceteles
cope.org/images/heic1111b/) retrieved 20/09/2011
Video simulation of the merging events that created Abell 2744- Hubble space telescope (Lars Holm
Nielsen et al) (http://www.spacetelescope.org/videos/heic1111b/) retrieved 20/09/2011

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