Centaurus cluster Comparison Table

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Centaurus cluster comparison table

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galaxy cluster 10² to 10³ (order of magnitude) collection of galaxies catalog about star systems An aggregate of galaxies. Bautz and Morgan divide them into three morphological types: type I contains a supergiant cD galaxy; Coma is type II, type III contains no members significantly brighter than the general bright population. Virgo is type III. 21 known X-ray sources are associated with clusters of galaxies.

X-ray source celestial sphere celestial body X-ray A class of celestial objects whose dominant mechanism of energy dissipation is through X-ray emission. Galactic X-ray sources appear optically as starlike objects, peculiar in their ultraviolet intensity, variability (on time scales ranging from milliseconds to weeks), and spectral features. All known compact X-ray sources are members of close binary systems; a current popular model is mass accretion onto a compact object from a massive companion. (Four X-ray sources - all variable - are known to be associated with globular clusters.) The 21 known extended X-ray sources associated with clusters of galaxies seem to be clouds of hot gas trapped in the cluster's gravitational field.

Centaurus cluster 10² to 10³ (order of magnitude) celestial sphere catalog about star systems X-ray X-ray source 3U 1247-41 A cluster of galaxies. Its radio counterpart is compact and located inside NGC 4696. 200 Mpc

Subject	has number of galaxie	is part of	is a kind of	has catalog	has wavelength	is an instance of	has synonym	has definition	has distance
galaxy cluster	10² to 10³ (order of magnitude)		collection of galaxies	catalog about star systems				An aggregate of galaxies. Bautz and Morgan divide them into three morphological types: type I contains a supergiant cD galaxy; Coma is type II, type III contains no members significantly brighter than the general bright population. Virgo is type III. 21 known X-ray sources are associated with clusters of galaxies.
X-ray source		celestial sphere	celestial body		X-ray			A class of celestial objects whose dominant mechanism of energy dissipation is through X-ray emission. Galactic X-ray sources appear optically as starlike objects, peculiar in their ultraviolet intensity, variability (on time scales ranging from milliseconds to weeks), and spectral features. All known compact X-ray sources are members of close binary systems; a current popular model is mass accretion onto a compact object from a massive companion. (Four X-ray sources - all variable - are known to be associated with globular clusters.) The 21 known extended X-ray sources associated with clusters of galaxies seem to be clouds of hot gas trapped in the cluster's gravitational field.
Centaurus cluster	10² to 10³ (order of magnitude)	celestial sphere		catalog about star systems	X-ray	X-ray source	3U 1247-41	A cluster of galaxies. Its radio counterpart is compact and located inside NGC 4696.	200 Mpc

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