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Phoenix Cluster
The Phoenix Cluster (SPT-CL J2344-4243) is a supermassive, Abell-classtype Igalaxy cluster located at its namesake, southern constellation of Phoenix. It was initially detected in 2010 during a 2,500-square-degree survey of the southern sky using the Sunyaev–Zeldovich effect by the South Pole Telescope collaboration. It is one of the most massive galaxy clusters known, with the mass on the order of 2×10 M☉, and is the most luminous X-ray cluster discovered, producing more X-rays than any other known massive cluster. It is located at a comoving distance of 8.61 billionlight-years (2.64 gigaparsecs) from Earth. About 42 member galaxies were identified and currently listed in the SIMBAD Astronomical Database, though the real number may be as high as 1,000 galaxies.