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Saraswati Supercluster
Supercluster · Supercluster of galaxies in the Pisces constellation
About the Saraswati Supercluster
The light we see from it set out 3.34 billion years ago, when the universe was 10.5 billion years old (redshift 0.28).
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) | 3.77 billion light-years (1,157 Mpc) |
|---|---|
| Redshift z | 0.28 |
| Light travel time | 3.34 billion years |
| Universe's age when this light left | 10.5 billion years |
| Distance method | redshift (Planck 2018 cosmology) |
| Supergalactic coordinates | SGL 289.6°, SGB +22.8° |
| On the map | The 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. |
| Size | about 652 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: Cosmic web, a view about 11 billion light-years across.
From Wikipedia
The Saraswati Supercluster is a massive galaxy supercluster about 1.2 gigaparsecs (4 billion light years) away within the Stripe 82 region of SDSS, in the direction of the constellation Pisces.
Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Saraswati Supercluster, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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