The Lynx Supercluster was discovered in 1999 as
ClG J0848+4453
CLG could refer to:
Places
* New Coalinga Municipal Airport, Fresno County, California, USA, IATA code
* Colgong railway station in Kahalgaon, Bhagalpur, Bihar, India, station code
Organizations
* Company limited by guarantee, in UK and Irelan ...
, a name now used to describe the western cluster, with
ClG J0849+4452 being the eastern one. It contains at least two clusters, designated
RXJ 0848.9+4452 (at redshift z=1.26) and
RXJ 0848.6+4453 (redshift z=1.27) . At the time of discovery, it was the most distant known
supercluster
A supercluster is a large group of smaller galaxy clusters or galaxy groups; they are among the largest known structures in the universe. The Milky Way is part of the Local Group galaxy group (which contains more than 54 galaxies), which in tu ...
with a
comoving distance
In standard cosmology, comoving distance and proper distance (or physical distance) are two closely related distance measures used by cosmologists to define distances between objects. ''Comoving distance'' factors out the expansion of the univ ...
of 12.9 billion light years. Additionally, seven smaller groups of galaxies are associated with the supercluster. Through electromagnetic radiation and how it reacts with matter, we have been able to find three groupings of stars and two x-ray clusters within the Lynx.
The observation of the Lynx Supercluster has allowed other locations in proximity to be found. These locations are of special interest because of their high density, which has turned into the discovery of the seven smaller groups of galaxies mentioned above.
A study has been conducted between the clusters in the Lynx, to examine and compare their color and shift.
References
{{Lynx (constellation)
Galaxy superclusters
Lynx (constellation)