![]() MACS J0647.7+7015
Credit: Hubble Space Telescope |
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Observation data (Epoch 2000) | |
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Constellation(s) | Camelopardalis |
Right ascension | 06h 47m 42s |
Declination | +70° 15′ |
Redshift | 0.592 |
Distance (co-moving) |
2,180 Mpc (7,110 Mly) h−1 0.70 |
ICM temperature | 13.3 ± 1.80 keV |
Binding mass | 2.07 ± 0.10×1014h−1 0.70 M☉ |
X-ray luminosity | 32.5 ± 2.1 ×1044erg s−1 (bolometric) |
Coordinates: 06h 47m 50.5s, +70° 14′ 55″
MACS J0647.7+7015 is a galaxy cluster with a redshift z = 0.592, located at J2000.0 right ascension 06h 47m 42sdeclination +70° 15′. It lies between the Big Dipper and Little Dipper in the constellation Camelopardalis. It is part of a sample of 12 extreme galaxy clusters at z > 0.5 discovered by the MAssive Cluster Survey (MACS).
During 2012 the galaxy cluster was announced as gravitationally lensing the most distant galaxy (MACS0647-JD), then ever imaged (z = 11).