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Originally Posted by madbadgalaxyman
Hi Ron and Rob,
As I mentioned in my previous post, the title of a paper on Abell 3627 (more properly known as ACO 3627) refers to it as the Norma Cluster
The people who wrote this paper (Woudt, Fairall, Kraan-Korteweg), are probably the world authorities on the galaxies near the ZOA in the southern Milky Way (= "Zone of Avoidance")(which marks where we find it difficult to see external galaxies near the plane of our own Galaxy.),
yet they persist in referring to Abell 3627 as the Norma Cluster, even though it is in Triangulum Australe.
(for instance in their paper (2008), MNRAS, Volume 383, p.445)
Anthony Fairall and R.C. Kraan-Korteweg have studied the large-scale structures (supergalactic structures) in the universe, for many years. (unfortunately, Anthony(A.P.) Fairall tragically died, quite recently, in a diving accident)
I don't think people who survey superclusters of galaxies are very concerned with where the constellation boundaries are!
P.S.
I note that when I do a search for papers containing Abell 3627 at //adswww.harvard.edu .....that there has recently been some near-infrared imaging done of this cluster. (good idea, due to the high extinction from intervening dust particles)
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Thanks Robert, I will leave it at that.
Cheers
