Laniakea - Welcome to our Galactic Super Cluster

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Laniakea - Welcome to our Galactic Super Cluster Jan 3, 2016 8:48:07 GMT Chris likes this

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Post by jandl100 on Jan 3, 2016 8:48:07 GMT

This is just so awesome the mind reels.

"This galactic supercluster is 522 million light-years in diameter and contains the mass of one hundred million billion Suns spread across 100,000 galaxies."

These 2 articles contain excellent docu-vids.

www.sci-news.com/astronomy/science-laniakea-milky-way-galaxy-galactic-supercluster-02127.html

and in more detail ....

www.nature.com/nature/journal/v513/n7516/full/nature13674.html

Last Edit: Jan 3, 2016 8:50:03 GMT by jandl100

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MartinT Administrator Posts: 54,794	Laniakea - Welcome to our Galactic Super Cluster Jan 3, 2016 9:02:52 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by MartinT on Jan 3, 2016 9:02:52 GMT "Each small dot represents a galaxy like Andromeda". The scale is so mind-boggling!
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Deleted Deleted Member Posts: 0	Laniakea - Welcome to our Galactic Super Cluster Jan 3, 2016 9:10:00 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2016 9:10:00 GMT Incredible. No point in me trying to say anything because I can't hope to do it justice. Just want to say thanks to Jerry for sharing and hope everyone takes a look at the links
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ChrisB Administrator Posts: 19,717	Laniakea - Welcome to our Galactic Super Cluster Jan 3, 2016 9:18:24 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by ChrisB on Jan 3, 2016 9:18:24 GMT Pah, nothing new there. I've got one of them in my shed!
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MartinT Administrator Posts: 54,794	Laniakea - Welcome to our Galactic Super Cluster Jan 3, 2016 10:10:00 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by MartinT on Jan 3, 2016 10:10:00 GMT HD version...
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Laniakea - Welcome to our Galactic Super Cluster Jan 4, 2016 13:33:54 GMT

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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2016 13:33:54 GMT

An interesting article/lecture about how many items we can comprehend. It suggests the limit is 5 without a counting system, which I think must be employing abstract concepts in some way:
www.es.flinders.edu.au/~mattom/science+society/lecture3.html

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Laniakea - Welcome to our Galactic Super Cluster Jan 31, 2017 7:39:07 GMT

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Pah - galactic superclusters are small fry.

Try and get your head around this ....

www.sciencealert.com/an-unexplained-void-is-pushing-the-milky-way-through-the-universe-at-2-million-km-h?perpetual=yes&limitstart=1

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Chris Rank: Orchestra Posts: 3,252	Laniakea - Welcome to our Galactic Super Cluster Feb 1, 2017 11:57:34 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Chris on Feb 1, 2017 11:57:34 GMT These really are fascinating/amazing times for astronomy. Our technology in this area is really gathering pace with simply incredible results. Fascinating.
	Don't believe the hype....

MartinT Administrator Posts: 54,794	Laniakea - Welcome to our Galactic Super Cluster May 5, 2019 17:48:36 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by MartinT on May 5, 2019 17:48:36 GMT The size of the universe. This puts Laniakea into perspective.
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Chris Rank: Orchestra Posts: 3,252	Laniakea - Welcome to our Galactic Super Cluster May 6, 2019 10:28:01 GMT MartinT likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Chris on May 6, 2019 10:28:01 GMT And some folk still think we're alone
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