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.[4]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ 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

  1. ↑ "Superclusters - Large Scale Structures". science.jrank.org. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  2. ↑ "Astronomy & Cosmology - Large Scale Structure of the Universe". whillyard.com. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  3. ↑ 'Astrophysical Journal', Part 1 ( ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 299, Dec. 1, 1985, p. 5-14. "A possible 300 megaparsec filament of clusters of galaxies in Perseus-Pegasus" 12/1985 Bibcode: 1985ApJ...299....5B
  4. ↑ Böhme, S.; Esser, U.; Fricke, W.; Hefele, H.; Heinrich, I.; Hofmann, W.; Krahn, D.; Matas, V. R.; Schmadel, L. D.; Zech, G. (1985). "Literature, Part 2". Astronomy and Astrophysics Abstracts. Springer Science & Business Media. 40: 871.


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