MACS J0647.7+7015

MACS J0647.7+7015 is a galaxy cluster with a redshift z = 0.592, located at J2000.0 right ascension 06^h 47^m 42^s declination +70° 15′. It lies between the Big Dipper and Little Dipper in the constellation Camelopardalis. It is part of a sample^[3] of 12 extreme galaxy clusters at z > 0.5 discovered by the MAssive Cluster Survey (MACS).

MACS J0647.7+7015
Observation data (Epoch 2000)
Constellation(s)	Camelopardalis
Right ascension	06h 47m 42s
Declination	+70° 15′
Redshift	0.592[1]
Distance	2,180 Mpc (7,110 Mly) h−1 0.70
ICM temperature	13.3 ± 1.80 keV
Binding mass	2.07 ± 0.10×1014 h−1 0.70[2] M☉
X-ray luminosity	32.5 ± 2.1 ×1044 erg s−1 (bolometric)

During 2012 the galaxy cluster was announced as gravitationally lensing the most distant galaxy (MACS0647-JD), then ever imaged (z = 11).^[4][5][6][7]