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Abell S740

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The Abell S740 is a cluster of galaxies. It is cataloged in the Abell catalogue of southern rich clusters of galaxies. It is over 450[1] million light years away in the constellation Centaurus. It also contains the giant elliptical galaxy ESO 325-G004, the giant elliptical galaxy is also the brightest galaxy in the cluster. It has a redshift of 10,073 km/s.[2]

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  1. ↑ "Hubble Illuminates Cluster of Diverse Galaxies". Archived from the original on 12 February 2007. Retrieved 2007-02-15.
  2. ↑ "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for Abell S740. Retrieved 2007-02-15.
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