Abell S740

{{Short description|Galaxy cluster in the constellation Centaurus}} {{Galaxy cluster | name = [[Abell catalogue|Abell]] S740 | image = Abell S740.jpg | caption = Hubble Illuminates Cluster of Diverse Galaxies in Abell S740 | credit = J. Blakeslee (Washington State University) | constellation = [[Centaurus]] | epoch=[[Epoch (astronomy)#Julian years and J2000|J2000]] | ra={{RA|13|43|32.3}}<ref name="NED">{{cite web | title=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database | work=Results for Abell S740 | url=http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/ | access-date=2007-02-15 }}</ref> | dec={{DEC|-38|11|05}}<ref name="NED"/> | redshift = 0.03360 (10,073 km/[[second|s]])<ref name="NED"/> | distance = {{cvt|146|Mpc|Mly|0|lk=on}} {{hub|0.705}}<ref name="NED"/> | member_no = | brightest_member = [[ESO 325-G004]]<ref name="hubble"/> | richness = 0<ref name="ACO">{{cite journal | last1 = Abell | first1 = George O. | author-link1 = George O. Abell | last2 = Corwin | first2 = Harold G. Jr. | author-link2 = Harold G. Corwin | last3 = Olowin | first3 = Ronald P. | author-link3 = Ronald P. Olowin |date=May 1989 | title = A catalog of rich clusters of galaxies | journal = Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series | volume = 70 | issue = May 1989 | pages = 1–138 | format = PDF | issn = 0067-0049 | bibcode = 1989ApJS...70....1A | doi = 10.1086/191333 | access-date = March 13, 2012 | url = 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&emailsplit=YES&send=GET&verified=YES | doi-access = free }}</ref> | bmtype = I–II<ref name="ACO"/> | velocity_dispersion = | temperature = | mass =  | luminosity = | flux = | other_names = }}

The '''Abell S740''' is a [[Galaxy cluster|cluster of galaxies]] identified in the [[Abell catalogue]] of southern rich clusters of galaxies. It is over 450<ref name="hubble">{{cite web | title=Hubble Illuminates Cluster of Diverse Galaxies | url=http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2007/08 | access-date=2007-02-15 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070212013420/http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2007/08| archive-date= 12 February 2007 | url-status=live}}</ref> [[light-year|Mly]] away in the constellation [[Centaurus]]. It has a redshift of 10,073 km/[[second|s]].<ref name="NED"/>

==See also== * [[Abell catalogue]] * [[List of Abell clusters]]

==References== {{reflist}} {{Sky|13|43|32.3|-|38|11|05|476000000}} {{galaxy}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Abell S740}} [[Category:Galaxy clusters|Abell S0740]] [[Category:Centaurus|Abell S0740]] [[Category:Abell objects|S0740]] [[Category:Abell richness class 0]]