Filament (astronomy)
A filament is hierarchical clustering of very many galaxies due to quantum mechanical fluctuations[1]
Filament (astronomy) Media
Artist's rendering of two string-like filaments of galaxies.
Galaxy filaments, walls and voids form web-like structures.
The Universe within 500 million light years, showing the nearest galaxy walls
The universe within 1 billion light-years (307 Mpc) of Earth, showing local superclusters forming filaments and voids
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Map of nearest walls, voids and superclusters
2dF survey map, containing the SDSS Great Wall
2MASS XSC infrared sky map
A mosaic MeerKAT image of the Galactic Center at 20 cm with a 4 resolution.
References
- ↑ "Galactic Filaments | COSMOS". astronomy.swin.edu.au. Retrieved 2020-10-23.