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Link to Larger JPEGThe Perseus Cluster (Abell 426) is a
cluster of galaxies in the constellation
Perseus. It is one of the most massive objects in the
universe, containing thousands of galaxies immersed in a vast cloud of multimillion degree gas. The estimated total mass is 200 trillion solar masses.
The dominant member is
Seyfert galaxy
NGC 1275 associated with the radio source
Perseus A.
The cluster has over 500 members being an average of 250 million light years distant.
November 7, 2010