Perseus–Pegasus Filament
Perseus–Pegasus Filament is a galaxy filament containing the Perseus-Pisces Supercluster and stretching for roughly a billion light years (or over 300/h Mpc). Currently, it is considered to be one of the largest known structures in the universe.[1][note 1] This filament is adjacent to the Pisces–Cetus Supercluster Complex.[2][3]
Discovery
The Perseus–Pegasus Filament was discovered by David Batuski and Jack Burns of New Mexico State University in 1985.[3]
See also
Notes
- ^ The reference cited claims the Perseus-Pisces Filament as the largest known structure in the universe. However, various reports cite the Hercules-Corona Borealis Great Wall as the largest at 10,000,000,000 light-years (3.1×109 pc) across.
References
- ^ "Superclusters - Large Scale Structures". science.jrank.org. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ "Astronomy & Cosmology - Large Scale Structure of the Universe". whillyard.com. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ a b Batuski, D. J.; Burns, J. O. (1985). "A possible 300 megaparsec filament of clusters of galaxies in Perseus-Pegasus". The Astrophysical Journal. 299: 5. Bibcode:1985ApJ...299....5B. doi:10.1086/163677.
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