UH Astronomer Maps Milky Way's Galaxy Supercluster
Laniakea Supercluster Preview from Daniel Pomarède on Vimeo.
http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/breaking/20140903_Milky_Way_galaxy_part_of_supercluster_named_Laniakea.html
"The Laniakea supercluster is 500 million light-years in diameter and
contains the mass of a hundred quadrillion suns in 100,000 galaxies, the
researchers found." (Engle)
The structure of galactic superclusters is better understood, thanks to the telescopes on the big island.
Wednesday, September 3, 2014
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