The Cluster of Galaxies Surrounding Cygnus A

Details The Cluster of Galaxies Surrounding Cygnus A The Cluster of Galaxies Surrounding Cygnus A

1997-08-15

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9708150v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

11 pages LaTeX, 1 table, 3 postscript figures. Accepted for publication in Ap.J. Letters

Scientific paper

10.1086/310908

We report optical imaging and spectroscopy of 41 galaxies in a 22 arcmin square region surrounding Cygnus A. The results show that there is an extensive rich cluster associated with Cygnus A of Abell richness at least 1 and possibly as high as 4. The velocity histogram has two peaks, one centered on Cygnus A, and a more significant peak redshifted by about 2060 km/s from the velocity of Cygnus A. The dynamical centroid of the spatial distribution is also shifted somewhat to the NW. However, statistical tests show only weak evidence that there are two distinct clusters. The entire system has a velocity dispersion of 1581 km/s which is slightly larger than other, well studied, examples of rich clusters.

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