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"El Gordo" Galaxy Cluster
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"El Gordo" Galaxy Cluster
By: Talon R. Willes
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-size reported in January of 2012
-estimates made by speed of galaxies
moving within it, and temperatures
between those galaxies
-believed to be result of collision between multiple galaxy clusters
-No other galaxy cluster like this, due
to existing so far back in time
-existed for 13.8 billion years and counting
-cluster like this were suspected to be
rare at the time
- 'ACT-CL J0102-4915' is original name
-Nick named 'El Gordo' for "the fat one"
- http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a0/El_Gordo.ogv
^-Little clip of El Gordo
- several hundred galaxies
-most of its space is hot gas
-some dark matter
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-Some scientists are thinking it may be bigger than it seams
-Might have "legs" meaning there are more clusters near it, possibly part of it
-Largest cluster of galaxies known to exist
-Estimated mass is 3 million billion X the Sun
-9.7 billion LY away
-http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/07/el-gordo-galaxy-cluster-three-suns_n_5104094.html
-http://www.space.com/25358-el-gordo-galaxy-cluster-hubble-photos.html