42 relations: Baryon, CfA2 Great Wall, Clowes–Campusano LQG, Coma Cluster, Coma Filament, Coma Supercluster, Dark matter, Fornax Cluster, Galaxy, Galaxy cluster, Gamma-ray burst, Great Attractor, Hercules–Corona Borealis Great Wall, Hubble Deep Field, Huge-LQG, Hydra-Centaurus Supercluster, Illustris project, Lambda-CDM model, Laniakea Supercluster, Large quasar group, List of galaxies, List of galaxy groups and clusters, Local Group, Milky Way, Noah Brosch, Norma Cluster, Perseus-Pisces Supercluster, Perseus–Pegasus Filament, Physical cosmology, Pisces–Cetus Supercluster Complex, R. Brent Tully, Sculptor Wall, Sloan Great Wall, Supercluster, U1.11, Universe, University of Central Lancashire, University of Hawaii, Ursa Major Filament, Virgo Supercluster, Void (astronomy), Zone of Avoidance.
Baryon
A baryon is a composite subatomic particle made up of three quarks (a triquark, as distinct from mesons, which are composed of one quark and one antiquark).
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CfA2 Great Wall
The Great Wall (also called Coma Wall), sometimes specifically referred to as the CfA2 Great Wall, is an immense galaxy filament.
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Clowes–Campusano LQG
The Clowes–Campusano LQG (CCLQG; also called LQG 3 and U1.28) is a large quasar group, consisting of 34 quasars and measures about 2 billion light-years across.
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Coma Cluster
The Coma Cluster (Abell 1656) is a large cluster of galaxies that contains over 1,000 identified galaxies.
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Coma Filament
Coma Filament is a galaxy filament.
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Coma Supercluster
The Coma Supercluster (SCl 117) is a nearby supercluster of galaxies comprising the Coma Cluster (Abell 1656) and the Leo Cluster (Abell 1367).
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Dark matter
Dark matter is a theorized form of matter that is thought to account for approximately 80% of the matter in the universe, and about a quarter of its total energy density.
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Fornax Cluster
The Fornax Cluster is a cluster of galaxies lying at a distance of 19 megaparsecs (62 million light-years).
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Galaxy
A galaxy is a gravitationally bound system of stars, stellar remnants, interstellar gas, dust, and dark matter.
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Galaxy cluster
A galaxy cluster, or cluster of galaxies, is a structure that consists of anywhere from hundreds to thousands of galaxies that are bound together by gravity with typical masses ranging from 1014–1015 solar masses.
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Gamma-ray burst
In gamma-ray astronomy, gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are extremely energetic explosions that have been observed in distant galaxies.
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Great Attractor
The Great Attractor is an apparent gravitational anomaly in intergalactic space at the center of the local Laniakea Supercluster, in which the Milky Way is located, in the so-called Zone of Avoidance that is notoriously difficult to observe in visible wavelengths due to the obscuring effects of our own galactic plane.
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Hercules–Corona Borealis Great Wall
Hercules–Corona Borealis Great Wall or the Great GRB Wall.
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Hubble Deep Field
The Hubble Deep Field (HDF) is an image of a small region in the constellation Ursa Major, constructed from a series of observations by the Hubble Space Telescope.
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Huge-LQG
The Huge Large Quasar Group, (Huge-LQG, also called U1.27) is a possible structure or pseudo-structure of 73 quasars, referred to as a large quasar group, that measures about 4 billion light-years across.
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Hydra-Centaurus Supercluster
The Hydra-Centaurus Supercluster (SCl 128), or the Hydra and Centaurus Superclusters, is a supercluster in two parts, the closest neighbour of Virgo Supercluster.
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Illustris project
The Illustris project is an ongoing series of astrophysical simulations run by an international collaboration of scientists.
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Lambda-CDM model
The ΛCDM (Lambda cold dark matter) or Lambda-CDM model is a parametrization of the Big Bang cosmological model in which the universe contains a cosmological constant, denoted by Lambda (Greek Λ), associated with dark energy, and cold dark matter (abbreviated CDM).
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Laniakea Supercluster
The Laniakea Supercluster (Laniakea; also called Local Supercluster or Local SCl or sometimes Lenakaeia) is the galaxy supercluster that is home to the Milky Way and approximately 100,000 other nearby galaxies.
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Large quasar group
A large quasar group (LQG) is a collection of quasars (a form of supermassive black hole active galactic nuclei) that form what are thought to constitute the largest astronomical structures in the known universe.
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List of galaxies
The following is a list of notable galaxies.
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List of galaxy groups and clusters
This page lists some galaxy groups and galaxy clusters.
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Local Group
The Local Group is the galaxy group that includes the Milky Way.
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Milky Way
The Milky Way is the galaxy that contains our Solar System.
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Noah Brosch
Noah Brosch (born 1948) is an Israeli astronomer, astrophysicist and space researcher.
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Norma Cluster
The Norma Cluster (ACO 3627 or Abell 3627) is a rich cluster of galaxies located near the center of the Great Attractor; it is about distant.
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Perseus-Pisces Supercluster
The Perseus-Pisces Supercluster (SCl 40) is one of the largest known structures in the universe.
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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).
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Physical cosmology
Physical cosmology is the study of the largest-scale structures and dynamics of the Universe and is concerned with fundamental questions about its origin, structure, evolution, and ultimate fate.
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Pisces–Cetus Supercluster Complex
The Pisces–Cetus Supercluster Complex is a galaxy filament.
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R. Brent Tully
Richard Brent Tully (born March 9, 1943) is an astronomer at the Institute for Astronomy in Honolulu, Hawaii.
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Sculptor Wall
The Sculptor Wall is a superstructure of galaxies ("wall of galaxies") relatively near to the Milky Way Galaxy (redshift of approximately z.
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Sloan Great Wall
The Sloan Great Wall (SGW) is a cosmic structure formed by a giant wall of galaxies (a galaxy filament).
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Supercluster
A supercluster is a large group of smaller galaxy clusters or galaxy groups; it is among the largest-known structures of the cosmos.
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U1.11
U1.11 is a large quasar group located in the constellations of Leo and Virgo.
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Universe
The Universe is all of space and time and their contents, including planets, stars, galaxies, and all other forms of matter and energy.
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University of Central Lancashire
The University of Central Lancashire (abbreviated UCLan) is a public university based in the city of Preston, Lancashire, England.
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University of Hawaii
The University of Hawaiʻi system (formally the University of Hawaiʻi and popularly known as UH) is a public, co-educational college and university system that confers associate, bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees through three university campuses, seven community college campuses, an employment training center, three university centers, four education centers and various other research facilities distributed across six islands throughout the State of Hawaii in the United States.
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Ursa Major Filament
Ursa Major Filament is a galaxy filament.
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Virgo Supercluster
The Virgo Supercluster (Virgo SC) or the Local Supercluster (LSC or LS) is a mass concentration of galaxies containing the Virgo Cluster and Local Group, which in turn contains the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies.
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Void (astronomy)
Cosmic voids are vast spaces between filaments (the largest-scale structures in the universe), which contain very few or no galaxies.
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Zone of Avoidance
The Zone of Avoidance (ZOA) is the area of the sky that is obscured by the Milky Way.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxy_filament