Laniakea Supercluster

E21901
cosmic structure galaxy supercluster

Laniakea Supercluster is a vast cosmic structure encompassing the Milky Way and hundreds of thousands of other galaxies, forming one of the largest known galaxy superclusters in the observable universe.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Laniakea Supercluster canonical 10
Laniakea Supercluster mapping 1
Virgo Supercluster region 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cosmic structure ⓘ
galaxy supercluster ⓘ
announcedIn 2014 ⓘ
approximateDiameter 520 million light-years ⓘ
approximateNumberOfGalaxies 100000 ⓘ
several hundred thousand ⓘ
approximateRadius 260 million light-years ⓘ
boundedBy basins of attraction ⓘ
centerOfMassRegion Hydra–Centaurus Supercluster ⓘ
surface form: Great Attractor
contains Hydra–Centaurus Supercluster ⓘ
surface form: Great Attractor region

Hydra–Centaurus Supercluster ⓘ
Local Group ⓘ
Milky Way ⓘ
Virgo Cluster ⓘ
coordinateSystem supergalactic coordinates ⓘ
cosmicWebRole node in large-scale structure ⓘ
cosmologicalScale hundreds of megaparsecs ⓘ
cosmologyModelContext Lambda-CDM model ⓘ
definedBy flow lines of galaxy motions ⓘ
discoveredBy Brent Tully ⓘ
Daniel Pomarède ⓘ
Hélène Courtois ⓘ
Yehuda Hoffman ⓘ
discoveryMethod galaxy peculiar velocity mapping ⓘ
distanceToEdgeFromMilkyWay ~250 million light-years ⓘ
galaxyFlowDirection toward Great Attractor ⓘ
hasNotableFeature includes region historically called Great Attractor ⓘ
hasProperty defined kinematically rather than by density alone ⓘ
gravitationally unbound on largest scales ⓘ
includes Centaurus Cluster ⓘ
Norma Cluster ⓘ
Hydra–Centaurus Supercluster ⓘ
surface form: Pavo–Indus filament
includesFormerlyClassifiedAs Virgo Supercluster ⓘ
locatedIn nearby universe ⓘ
mass ~1×10^17 solar masses ⓘ
nameLanguage Hawaiian ⓘ
nameMeaning immense heaven ⓘ
neighboringStructure Perseus–Pisces Supercluster ⓘ
Shapley Supercluster ⓘ
observedUsing Cosmicflows-2 data set ⓘ
partOf observable universe ⓘ
publication Nature ⓘ
redshiftRange approximately z < 0.1 ⓘ
researchField cosmology ⓘ
extragalactic astronomy ⓘ
scaleComparison one of the largest known galaxy superclusters ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Milky Way → partOf → Laniakea Supercluster ⓘ
Local Group → partOf → Laniakea Supercluster ⓘ
Local Group → isLocatedIn → Laniakea Supercluster ⓘ
this entity surface form: Virgo Supercluster region
Milky Way subgroup → isLocatedIn → Laniakea Supercluster ⓘ
LG → partOf → Laniakea Supercluster ⓘ
Hydra–Centaurus Supercluster → partOf → Laniakea Supercluster ⓘ
Virgo Cluster → isPartOfLargeScaleStructure → Laniakea Supercluster ⓘ
Shapley Supercluster → relatedTo → Laniakea Supercluster ⓘ
Shapley Supercluster → partOf → Laniakea Supercluster ⓘ
Virgo Supercluster → partOf → Laniakea Supercluster ⓘ
Hélène Courtois → hasNotableWork → Laniakea Supercluster ⓘ
this entity surface form: Laniakea Supercluster mapping
Daniel Pomarède → knownFor → Laniakea Supercluster ⓘ