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Abell 697 BCG

Abell 697 Brightest Cluster Galaxy
Abell 697 BCG captured by Hubble Space Telescope
Observation data (J2000.0 epoch)
ConstellationLynx
Right ascension08h 42m 57.557s
Declination+36d 21m 59.27s
Redshift0.282280
Heliocentric radial velocity84,625 km/s
Distance3.539 Gly (1085 Mpc)
Group or clusterAbell 697
Apparent magnitude (V)0.105
Apparent magnitude (B)0.139
Surface brightness18.7
Characteristics
TypeBrCLG
Size885,200 ly
Apparent size (V)0.18' x 0.12'
Other designations
PGC 2079433, OGC 43, SSTSL2 J084257.56+362159.7, 2MASX J08425763+3622000, HeCS J084257.56+362159.2, SDSS J084257.56+362159.3

Abell 697 BCG (short for Abell 697 Brightest Cluster Galaxy), also known as PGC 2079433, is a massive type-cD elliptical galaxy residing as the brightest cluster galaxy in Abell 697 galaxy cluster. It is located in the constellation of Lynx and has a redshift of 0.28, meaning the galaxy is located 3.5 billion light-years away from Earth.[1]

  1. ^ "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2024-06-14.

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