Abell 3742 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 ...

located around 200 million

light-year A light-year, alternatively spelled light year, is a large unit of length used to express astronomical distances and is equivalent to about 9.46 trillion kilometers (), or 5.88 trillion miles ().One trillion here is taken to be 1012 ...

s (61 Mpc) from Earth in the constellation

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. The cluster's brightest member is the

elliptical galaxy An elliptical galaxy is a type of galaxy with an approximately ellipsoidal shape and a smooth, nearly featureless image. They are one of the four main classes of galaxy described by Edwin Hubble in his Hubble sequence and 1936 work ''The R ...

NGC 7014. Abell 3742 is located in the

Pavo–Indus Supercluster The Pavo-Indus Supercluster is a neighboring supercluster located about away in the constellations of Pavo, Indus, and Telescopium. The supercluster contains three main clusters, Abell 3656, Abell 3698, and Abell 3742. Other groups and clust ...

and is one of three major clusters along with

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and Abell 3698.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Abell 3742 Indus (constellation) Galaxy clusters Pavo-Indus Supercluster 3742 Abell richness class 0

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