A brightest cluster galaxy (BCG) is defined as the brightest galaxy in a cluster of galaxies. BCGs include the most massive galaxies in the universe. They...

the Centaurus constellation. The brightest member galaxy is the elliptical galaxy NGC 4696 (~11m). The Centaurus cluster shares its supercluster, the Hydra–Centaurus...

super-structure. The cluster's brightest member is the giant elliptical galaxy NGC 6041. Abell catalogue List of Abell clusters X-ray Astronomy NASA Astronomy...

galaxies. The galaxy known as NGC 3842 is the brightest member of this cluster. Along with the Coma Cluster, it is one of the two major clusters comprising...

containing thousands of galaxies immersed in a vast cloud of multimillion-degree gas. The Perseus galaxy cluster is the brightest cluster in the sky when observed...

(S0) and is the brightest galaxy in A2029 (hence its other designation A2029-BCG; BCG meaning brightest cluster galaxy). The galaxy's morphological type...

The brightest cluster galaxy in MS 0735.6+7421 is the elliptical galaxy, 4C +74.13. Known as LEDA 2760958, it is classified as a radio galaxy. With...

Catalogue of Galaxies and Clusters of Galaxies listing 29,418 galaxies and galaxy clusters, and with the Morphological Catalogue of Galaxies, a putatively complete...

has no central dominant (cD) brightest cluster galaxy. However, the cluster is dominated by two massive elliptical galaxies, NGC 3268 and NGC 3258, and...

supergiant elliptical galaxy, residing as the dominant, brightest cluster galaxy (BCG) of the Abell 3571 galaxy cluster, the sixth-brightest in the sky at X-ray...

some galaxy groups and galaxy clusters. Defining the limits of galaxy clusters is imprecise as many clusters are still forming. In particular, clusters close...

The following is a timeline of galaxies, clusters of galaxies, and large-scale structure of the universe. 5th century BC – Democritus proposes that the...

nuclei. cD galaxies are one of the types frequently found to be the brightest cluster galaxy (BCG) of a cluster. Many fossil group galaxies are similar...

supergiant elliptical galaxy, which is the central, dominant member and brightest cluster galaxy (BCG) of the Ophiuchus Cluster. It lies at a distance...

Abell 1942 Brightest Cluster Galaxy), also known as PGC 1256558, is a massive elliptical galaxy of type-cD residing as the brightest cluster galaxy of the...

rate of 200-300 Mʘyr−1. The galaxy cluster contains a cD galaxy called Abell 2390 BCG (short for brightest cluster galaxy), associated with a complex...

640 Mpc (2.1 billion ly). The cluster is especially notable due to the presence of its very large brightest cluster galaxy (BCG), one of the most extreme...

single giant elliptical galaxy, known as the brightest cluster galaxy, which, over time, tidally destroys its satellite galaxies and adds their mass to...

1201 Brightest Cluster Galaxy) is a type-cD massive elliptical galaxy residing as the brightest cluster galaxy (BCG) of the Abell 1201 galaxy cluster. At...

Barkhouse, W. A.; Torres-Papaqui, J. P.; Motta, V. (2014). "The Brightest Cluster Galaxy in Abell 85: The Largest Core Known So Far". The Astrophysical...

objects List of most distant stars Timeline of knowledge about galaxies, clusters of galaxies, and large-scale structure Naidu, Rohan P.; Oesch, Pascal A...

Earth. MRC 2011-298 is the brightest cluster galaxy in the galaxy cluster, Abell 3670 and classfied as a dumbbell galaxy, an optical system with two...

apparent dimensions, the galaxy is around 250,000 light-years across. It is the brightest cluster galaxy inside a relaxed poor cluster called AWM 4, a fossil...

its two brightest satellite galaxies, M32 and M110. An amateur telescope can reveal Andromeda's disk, some of its brightest globular clusters, dark dust...

The Coma Cluster (Abell 1656) is a large cluster of galaxies that contains over 1,000 identified galaxies. Along with the Leo Cluster (Abell 1367), it...

Abell 2199 is a galaxy cluster in the Abell catalogue featuring the brightest cluster galaxy NGC 6166, a cD galaxy. Abell 2199 is the definition of a Bautz-Morgan...

Moustakas, L.; Ascaso, B.; Medezinski, E.; Kelson, D. (2012). "A Brightest Cluster Galaxy with an Extremely Large Flat Core". The Astrophysical Journal....

astronomer John Herschel on 1 May 1834. NGC 5419 is the brightest cluster galaxy of the galaxy cluster, Abell S0753. It contains a large core with a radius...

mini radio halo is seen surrounding the cluster. The elliptical galaxy LEDA 1900245, is the brightest cluster galaxy (BCG) of RX J1532.9+3021. It has a dimension...

orphaned clusters of stars were sometimes referred to as "blue blobs" before they were recognized as stars. Colliding galaxies are common during galaxy evolution...