Abell 3558
- Right Ascension: 13 27 58
- Declination: −31 29 17
- Redshift: 0.0480
- Associations: Shapley Supercluster
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References:
- ASCA study of the core region of the Shapley supercluster which
is dominated by 3 rich Abell clusters (A3558, A3562, and A3556) and
two poor clusters (SC1329−313 and SC1327−312) extending
over roughly 2 deg in RA and 1 deg in declination (see figure above).
Akimoto et al. 2003, ApJ, 596, 170. "Spatial Distributions of A3558 in
the Core Region of the Shapley Supercluster"
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- Mean cluster temperature from ASCA (A3558: kT=5.37+/-0.16 keV;
A3562: kT=4.47+/-0.22 keV). Ikebe et al. 2002, A&A, 383, 773. "A
new measurement of the X-ray temperature function of clusters of
galaxies"
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Last updated: 1 June 2007
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