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South Pole Wall
Large-scale structure · Massive cosmic structure
About the South Pole Wall
The light we see from it set out 0.513 billion years ago, when the universe was 13.3 billion years old (redshift 0.03642).
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 1.4-billion-light-year wall of galaxies curving from Perseus past the south celestial pole toward Telescopium, partly hidden behind the Milky Way (Pomarède et al. 2020). Drawn as a circle at its approximate centre.
Key numbers
| Distance (comoving, today) | 0.522 billion light-years (160 Mpc) |
|---|---|
| Redshift z | 0.03642 |
| Light travel time | 0.513 billion years |
| Universe's age when this light left | 13.3 billion years |
| Distance method | redshift-independent (literature) |
| Supergalactic coordinates | SGL 216.4°, SGB -13.1° |
| 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 1.4 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: Laniakea, a view about 850 million light-years across.
From Wikipedia
The South Pole Wall is a massive cosmic structure formed by a giant wall of galaxies that extends across at least 1.37 billion light-years of space, the nearest light of which is aged about half a billion light-years.
Excerpt from the Wikipedia article South Pole Wall, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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- ESO 137-001 Galaxy
- Laniakea Supercluster Supercluster
- Great Attractor Large-scale structure
- Pavo–Indus Supercluster Supercluster
- Sculptor Void Cosmic void