Description
We present a detailed spatial and dynamical analysis of the central ~2.2Mpc(Ho=75km/s/Mpc) region of the galaxy cluster Abell 521 (z=0.247), based on 238 spectra (of which 191 new measurements) obtained at the 3.6m Telescope of the European Southern Observatory and at the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope. From the analysis of the 125 galaxies that are confirmed members of the cluster, we derive a location ("mean" velocity) of C_BI_=74019^{+112}^_{-125}_km/s and detect a complex velocity distribution with high velocity scale ("dispersion", S_BI_=1325^{+145}^_{-100}_km/s), but clear departure from a single Gaussian component. When excluding a possible background group of four galaxies, the velocity dispersion remains still large (~1200 km/s).
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