Abell 262 is a

galaxy cluster A galaxy cluster, or a cluster of galaxies, is a structure that consists of anywhere from hundreds to thousands of galaxies that are bound together by gravity, with typical masses ranging from 1014 to 1015 solar masses. They are the second-l ...

in the

Abell catalogue The Abell catalog of rich clusters of galaxies is an all-sky catalog of 4,073 rich galaxy clusters of nominal redshift ''z'' ≤ 0.2. This catalog supplements a revision of George O. Abell's original "Northern Survey" of 1958, wh ...

. It is part of the

Perseus–Pisces Supercluster The Perseus–Pisces Supercluster (SCl 40) is one of the largest known structures in the universe. Even at a distance of 250 million light-years, this chain of galaxy clusters extends more than 40° across the northern winter sky. The Perseus-Pis ...

, one of the largest known structures in the universe. Although its central galaxy, NGC 708, is a giant

cD galaxy The type-cD galaxy (also cD-type galaxy, cD galaxy) is a galaxy morphology classification, a subtype of type-D galaxy, type-D Elliptical galaxy#Sizes and shapes, giant elliptical galaxy. Characterized by a large galactic halo, halo of stars, they ...

, most of its bright galaxies are

spirals In mathematics, a spiral is a curve which emanates from a point, moving farther away as it revolves around the point. Helices Two major definitions of "spiral" in the American Heritage Dictionary are: With approximately 200 members it is a comparatively small cluster.

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262 __NOTOC__ Year 262 (Roman numerals, CCLXII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Gallienus and Faustianus (or, less fre ...

Galaxy clusters Abell richness class 0 Perseus-Pisces Supercluster Andromeda (constellation) {{Galaxy-cluster-stub

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