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To: SunkenCiv
A jumbled cluster of galaxies?  Two million light years in diameter?

And there it is on my screen, three inches wide.

Mind boggling.

4 posted on 06/29/2011 8:43:15 AM PDT by TheOldLady (FReepmail me to get ON or OFF the ZOT LIGHTNING ping list.)
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To: TheOldLady; SunkenCiv
It's hard enough for me to try to get a perspective on the vastness of the Milky Way, but when they talk about clusters of galaxies, I'm just blown away.
5 posted on 06/29/2011 1:38:28 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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