South Pole Wall
E791059
The South Pole Wall is a massive, recently discovered cosmic structure composed of thousands of galaxies forming part of the large-scale filamentary web of the universe in the direction of the Earth's south celestial pole.
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cosmic wall
ⓘ
galactic filament ⓘ large-scale structure of the universe ⓘ |
| belongsToCategory | large-scale cosmic walls ⓘ |
| comparedWith |
Hercules–Corona Borealis Great Wall
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sloan Great Wall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composedOf |
galaxies
ⓘ
galaxy clusters ⓘ |
| contains |
numerous galaxy clusters
ⓘ
thousands of galaxies ⓘ |
| coordinateReference | south galactic cap ⓘ |
| cosmologicalContext | Lambda-CDM model NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cosmologicalScale | hundreds of megaparsecs ⓘ |
| discoveredBy |
Daniel Pomarède
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
R. Brent Tully NERFINISHED ⓘ cosmography research team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveryMethod |
cosmography of the local universe
ⓘ
galaxy redshift surveys ⓘ |
| discoveryYear | 2020 ⓘ |
| distanceFromEarth | approximately 500 million light-years ⓘ |
| evidenceFor | inhomogeneous matter distribution on large scales ⓘ |
| extendsOver | more than 1.4 billion light-years ⓘ |
| hasProperty |
aligned roughly with lines of sight toward the south celestial pole
ⓘ
gravitationally significant overdensity ⓘ hidden partly behind the Milky Way’s zone of avoidance ⓘ one of the largest known contiguous structures near the Milky Way ⓘ traced by galaxy density field ⓘ |
| influences | peculiar velocities of nearby galaxies ⓘ |
| locatedInDirectionOf | south celestial pole ⓘ |
| mappedBy | three-dimensional galaxy distribution reconstructions ⓘ |
| name | South Pole Wall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| observedUsing |
Cosmicflows velocity data
ⓘ
redshift-distance catalogs ⓘ |
| partOf |
cosmic web
ⓘ
large-scale structure of the cosmos ⓘ local universe ⓘ |
| redshiftRange | low redshift ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Great Attractor
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Laniakea Supercluster NERFINISHED ⓘ Shapley Supercluster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reportedIn | The Astrophysical Journal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scaleType | supercluster-scale structure ⓘ |
| shape | filamentary ⓘ |
| structureType | wall-like overdensity ⓘ |
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