Perseus–Pegasus_Filament

Perseus–Pegasus Filament

Perseus–Pegasus Filament

Galaxy filament containing the Perseus-Pisces Supercluster

The Perseus–Pegasus Filament is a galaxy filament containing the Perseus–Pisces Supercluster and stretching for roughly a billion light-years (or over 300/h Mpc). Currently, it is considered to be one of the largest known structures in the universe.[note 1] This filament is adjacent to the Pisces–Cetus Supercluster Complex.[1][2]

Discovery

The Perseus–Pegasus Filament was discovered by David Batuski and Jack Burns of New Mexico State University in 1985.[2] It is likely that Clyde W. Tombaugh, of the Lowell Observatory, discovered its existence in 1936 while conducting his search for trans-Saturnian planets. He reported it as the Great Perseus-Andromeda stratum of Extra-Galactic Nebulae.[3] Earlier still, parts of this clustering had been reported by Walter E. Bernheimer [de].[4]

See also

Notes

  1. [N 1]
    The reference cited claims the Perseus-Pisces Filament as the largest known structure in the universe. However, various reports cite the Hercules–Corona Borealis Great Wall as the largest at 10,000,000,000 light-years (3.1×109 pc) across.

References

  1. [1]
    "Astronomy & Cosmology - Large Scale Structure of the Universe". whillyard.com. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  2. [2]
    Batuski, D. J.; Burns, J. O. (1985). "A possible 300 megaparsec filament of clusters of galaxies in Perseus-Pegasus". The Astrophysical Journal. 299: 5. Bibcode:1985ApJ...299....5B. doi:10.1086/163677.
  3. [3]
    Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 49,291, pp. 259-263 (1937)
  4. [4]
    Nature, volume 130, issue 3273, pp. 132 (1932)


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