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Astronomy Picture of the Day -- Laniakea: Our Home Supercluster of Galaxies
NASA ^ | September 10, 2014 | (see photo credit)

Posted on 09/13/2014 12:33:34 PM PDT by SunkenCiv

Explanation: It is not only one of the largest structures known -- it is our home. The just-identified Laniakea Supercluster of galaxies contains thousands of galaxies that includes our Milky Way Galaxy, the Local Group of galaxies, and the entire nearby Virgo Cluster of Galaxies. The colossal supercluster is shown in the above computer-generated visualization, where green areas are rich with white-dot galaxies and white lines indicate motion towards the supercluster center. An outline of Laniakea is given in orange, while the blue dot shows our location. Outside the orange line, galaxies flow into other galatic concentrations. The Laniakea Supercluster spans about 500 million light years and contains about 100,000 times the mass of our Milky Way Galaxy. The discoverers of Laniakea gave it a name that means "immense heaven" in Hawaiian.

September 10, 2014

(Excerpt) Read more at 129.164.179.22 ...


TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: apod; astronomy; laniakea; science
[Credit: R. Brent Tully (U. Hawaii) et al., SDvision, DP, CEA/Saclay]

1 posted on 09/13/2014 12:33:34 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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To: brytlea; cripplecreek; decimon; bigheadfred; KoRn; Grammy; steelyourfaith; Mmogamer; dayglored; ...
The Big One

2 posted on 09/13/2014 12:34:04 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: SunkenCiv

Maybe because I have not had coffee yet, but got trouble getting my head around this one............


3 posted on 09/13/2014 12:39:24 PM PDT by doorgunner69
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To: SunkenCiv

The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. (Psalm 19:1)


4 posted on 09/13/2014 12:45:09 PM PDT by Gideon7
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To: SunkenCiv

Seeing a YouTube video of this almost had me in the fetal position in the corner.

Just trying to grasp how tiny we are in creation...it can be unnerving to say the least.


5 posted on 09/13/2014 12:49:33 PM PDT by VanDeKoik
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To: SunkenCiv

Do I have to add that to my address now? :-)


6 posted on 09/13/2014 12:50:16 PM PDT by left that other site (You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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To: SunkenCiv

WHAT am I seeing?


7 posted on 09/13/2014 1:03:35 PM PDT by maine-iac7 (Christian is as Christian does - by their fruits)
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To: SunkenCiv

I love all of these astronomy photos you post.


8 posted on 09/13/2014 1:55:14 PM PDT by RIghtwardHo
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To: maine-iac7; doorgunner69; VanDeKoik

It’s easy to get a flashback of Barney Phife shaking, saying, “it’s big! It’s big-big!”

more info here:

http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/laniakea/index


9 posted on 09/13/2014 2:58:55 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: doorgunner69

Yeah... the blue dot saying you are here would imply this map is made from a perspective far removed from the Milky Way.


10 posted on 09/13/2014 9:38:09 PM PDT by Rodamala
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11 posted on 09/13/2014 9:43:35 PM PDT by Rodamala
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