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Clowes–Campusano LQG

Large-scale structure · Large quasar group consisting of 34 quasars

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About the Clowes–Campusano LQG

The light we see from it set out 8.92 billion years ago, when the universe was 4.87 billion years old (redshift 1.28).

The map lists it as a large-scale structure and shows it at the scale of the large-scale universe, drawn on the supergalactic plane.

Its distance or nature is debated, and the map shows one published value.

A group of 34 quasars about 2 billion light-years long, found in 1991.

Key numbers

Distance (comoving, today)13.2 billion light-years (4,038 Mpc)
Redshift z1.28
Light travel time8.92 billion years
Universe's age when this light left4.87 billion years
Distance methodredshift (Planck 2018 cosmology)
Supergalactic coordinatesSGL 101.1°, SGB -29.7°
On the mapThe dashed circle marks its approximate size around its centre. Structures this large have no sharp edge, and the circle is not drawn to an exact shape.
Sizeabout 2.1 billion light-years across

Where it is

Its place in the universe, from the inside out: Observable universe.

Zoom out to see it in context: Observable universe, a view about 100 billion light-years across.

From Wikipedia

The Clowes–Campusano LQG is a large quasar group, consisting of 34 quasars and measuring about 2 billion light-years across. It is one of the largest known superstructures in the observable universe. It is located near the larger Huge-LQG. It was discovered by the astronomers Roger Clowes and Luis Campusano in 1991.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Clowes–Campusano LQG, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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