Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Feb 1995
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1995a%26a...294..677b&link_type=abstract
Astronomy and Astrophysics (ISSN 0004-6361), vol. 294, no. 3, p. 677-689
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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Galactic Clusters, Red Shift, Spectroscopic Analysis, Astronomical Spectroscopy, Cosmic Background Explorer Satellite, Galactic Structure
Scientific paper
The results of spectroscopic observations of five R greater than or equal to 1 clusters of galaxies from the Abell (1958) and Abell et al. (1989) (hereafter ACO) catalogs are presented. The observations were conducted at the ESO 3.6m telescope with the EFOSC spectrograph and PUMA hole-punch aperture plates. Two of the clusters (A2576 and A2628) had been identified as members of one candidate supercluster that appears particularly dense in projection, and the other three clusters (A3802, A3817, and A3834) were in another candidate supercluster, based on redshifts estimated from the magnitudes of tenth brightest galaxies. Our observations confirm very similar redshifts for A2576 and A2628 ( z = 0.1875 and z = 0.1858, respectively) and for A3802 and A3834 (z = 0.1579 and z = 0.1518). From the agreement in redshifts and the proximity on the sky, it is suggestive that both pairs are indeed components of superclusters, although redshifts of other nearby candidates must be measured to determine the significance of the structure present. The fifth cluster, A3817, has a mean redshift of z = 0.2115, and so appears to be background to any possible A3802/A3834 supercluster. We note that the complex of clusters around A2576 and A2628 is a region of high spatial density, even ignoring the many clusters with unmeasured redshift. The region is an exceptional opportunity for large-scale structure study.
Balkowski Ch.
Batuski David J.
Maurogordato Sophie
Olowin Ronald P.
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