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.
(Excerpt) Read more at 129.164.179.22 ...
[Credit: R. Brent Tully (U. Hawaii) et al., SDvision, DP, CEA/Saclay]
Maybe because I have not had coffee yet, but got trouble getting my head around this one............
The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. (Psalm 19:1)
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.
Do I have to add that to my address now? :-)
WHAT am I seeing?
I love all of these astronomy photos you post.
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
Yeah... the blue dot saying you are here would imply this map is made from a perspective far removed from the Milky Way.
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