Feb 14, 2020
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De 'Lokale Leegte' rondom het Melkwegstelsel is in kaart gebracht
De ‘Lokale Leegte’ rondom het Melkwegstelsel is in kaart gebracht
3D kaart van de Lokale Leegte en de superclusters daaromheen. De gekleurde pijlen zijn 200 miljoen lichtjaar lang. Credit: R. Brent Tully
Samen met het Andromedastelsel (M31), het Driehoeksstelsel (M33) en nog wat kleinere sterrenstelsels maakt het Melkwegstelsel deel uit van de zogeheten Lokale Groep. In 1987 ontdekten de sterrenkundigen Brent Tully en Rick Fisher dat die Lokale Groep zelf…
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De 'Lokale Leegte' rondom het Melkwegstelsel is in kaart gebracht
De ‘Lokale Leegte’ rondom het Melkwegstelsel is in kaart gebracht
3D kaart van de Lokale Leegte en de superclusters daaromheen. De gekleurde pijlen zijn 200 miljoen lichtjaar lang. Credit: R. Brent Tully
Samen met het Andromedastelsel (M31), het Driehoeksstelsel (M33) en nog wat kleinere sterrenstelsels maakt het Melkwegstelsel deel uit van de zogeheten Lokale Groep. In 1987 ontdekten de sterrenkundigen Brent Tully en Rick Fisher dat die Lokale Groep zelf…
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Siamo ai confini di un grande vuoto cosmico
Siamo ai confini di un grande vuoto cosmico
Nell’immagine una resa omogenea della struttura che circonda il Local Void. La nostra Via Lattea è all’origine delle frecce di orientamento rosso-verde-blu. Siamo sul confine tra un grande vuoto a bassa densità e l’ammasso della Vergine ad alta densità.
Un astronomo dell’Università di Hawaiʻi Institute for Astronomy (IfA) e un team internazionale ha pubblicato un nuovo studio che rivela la…
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The area around NGC 6503
This image shows the area around galaxy NGC 6503. The galaxy, which lies about 18 000 000 light-years away is at the edge of a strangely empty patch of space called the Local Void.
Credit: NASA, ESA, Digitized Sky Survey 2 (Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin) Source: http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1513b/
Lonely Galaxy Lost in Space
Most galaxies are clumped together in groups or clusters. A neighboring galaxy is never far away. But this galaxy, known as NGC 6503, has found itself in a lonely position, at the edge of a strangely empty patch of space called the Local Void.
The Local Void is a huge stretch of space that is at least 150 million light-years across. It seems completely empty of stars or galaxies.
NGC 6503 is 18 million light-years away from us in the northern circumpolar constellation of Draco. NGC 6503 spans some 30,000 light-years, about a third of the size of the Milky Way.
Photo Credit: NASA, ESA, D. Calzetti (University of Massachusetts), H. Ford (Johns Hopkins University), and the Hubble Heritage Team Source: http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/lonely-galaxy-lost-in-space
“This galaxy, known as NGC 6503, has found itself in a lonely position, at the edge of a strangely empty patch of space called the Local Void.” NASA