Great Attractor region

E511407

astronomical structure gravitational anomaly mass concentration

The Great Attractor region is a massive gravitational anomaly in intergalactic space that strongly influences the motion of nearby galaxy clusters, including those in the Hydra–Centaurus Supercluster.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Centaurus–Hydra–Norma large-scale region	1
Great Attractor	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	astronomical structure ⓘ gravitational anomaly ⓘ mass concentration ⓘ
alternativeName	Great Attractor NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	Centaurus Cluster NERFINISHED ⓘ Hydra Cluster NERFINISHED ⓘ Norma Cluster (Abell 3627) NERFINISHED ⓘ
contains	large-scale filamentary structures ⓘ rich galaxy clusters ⓘ
coordinateSystem	near Galactic latitude ~ 0° ⓘ near Galactic longitude ~ 320° ⓘ
cosmologicalRole	major component of local large-scale structure ⓘ
discoveredBy	Lynden-Bell et al. NERFINISHED ⓘ
discoveryMethod	galaxy peculiar velocity measurements ⓘ
distanceFromEarth	approximately 150 to 250 million light-years ⓘ
epochOfDiscovery	1980s ⓘ
gravitationallyAttracts	Hydra–Centaurus Supercluster NERFINISHED ⓘ Local Group NERFINISHED ⓘ Virgo Cluster NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasEffect	bulk flow of local universe galaxies ⓘ peculiar velocities of galaxies ⓘ
hasProperty	identified through galaxy velocity field anomalies ⓘ not directly visible in optical light ⓘ
hasUncertainNature	exact mass distribution not well constrained ⓘ
influences	cosmic flow models ⓘ measurements of the Hubble constant locally ⓘ
influencesMotionOf	Hydra–Centaurus Supercluster NERFINISHED ⓘ Local Group of galaxies NERFINISHED ⓘ Virgo Supercluster NERFINISHED ⓘ nearby galaxy clusters ⓘ
isSubjectOf	large-scale structure mapping surveys ⓘ observational cosmology research ⓘ
locatedIn	direction of the constellations Centaurus and Norma ⓘ intergalactic space ⓘ
massEstimate	on the order of 10^16 solar masses ⓘ
obscuredBy	Milky Way disk NERFINISHED ⓘ
observationalChallenge	lies behind the Milky Way’s Zone of Avoidance ⓘ
partOf	Laniakea Supercluster NERFINISHED ⓘ
redshift	z ≈ 0.016 ⓘ
relatedPhenomenon	Laniakea Supercluster gravitational basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo	Shapley Supercluster NERFINISHED ⓘ
scale	tens of megaparsecs ⓘ
studiedIn	X-ray wavelengths ⓘ infrared wavelengths ⓘ radio wavelengths ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Hydra–Centaurus Supercluster → isDynamicallyConnectedTo → Great Attractor region ⓘ

Norma Cluster → locatedInRegionOfSky → Great Attractor region ⓘ

Shapley Supercluster → relatedTo → Great Attractor region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Attractor

Centaurus Cluster → isPartOf → Great Attractor region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Centaurus–Hydra–Norma large-scale region