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Coma Supercluster

Supercluster · Galaxy supercluster in the constellation Coma Berenices

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Coma Supercluster
Picture: The original uploader was El C at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons.

About the Coma Supercluster

The light we see from it set out 0.327 billion years ago, when the universe was 13.5 billion years old (redshift 0.023).

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

Key numbers

Distance (comoving, today)0.331 billion light-years (101 Mpc)
Redshift z0.023
Light travel time0.327 billion years
Universe's age when this light left13.5 billion years
Distance methodredshift (Planck 2018 cosmology)
Supergalactic coordinatesSGL 91.0°, SGB -1.4°
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 196 million light-years across

Where it is

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

Zoom out to see it in context: Laniakea, a view about 850 million light-years across.

From Wikipedia

The Coma Supercluster is a nearby supercluster of galaxies that includes the Coma Cluster and the Leo Cluster. Both galaxy cluster are found to be X-ray Luminous galaxy clusters.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Coma Supercluster, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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