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3C295 (Cl 1409+524) is one of the most distant galaxy clusters observed by X-ray telescopes. The cluster is filled with a vast cloud of fifty million degree gas that radiates strongly in X rays. It has a redshift of 0.461, which means that we see the galaxy cluster as it was 4.7 billion years ago. 3C295 was first discovered as a bright source of radio waves. The source of the radio emission was found to be a giant elliptical galaxy located in the center of the cluster of galaxies. Chandra discovered that this central galaxy is a strong, complex source of X rays.

Multi-wavelength Images: (*Images not to scale)
X-ray NASA/CXC/SAO Jpg (87 k) Tiff (1.6 M) PS (3.4 M)	Optical NASA/HST/A.Dressler Jpg (80 k) Tiff (1.1 M) PS (3.4 M)	Radio NRAO/AUI/NSF/ R.Perley & G.Taylor Jpg (38 k) Tiff (1.5 M) PS (3.5 M)

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