Map of the Universe (Within 1 Billion Years)

Galaxies and clusters of galaxies collect into vast clusters and sheets and walls of galaxies interspersed with large voids in which very few galaxies seem to exist. The map above shows many of these superclusters including the Virgo supercluster - the fairly minor supercluster of which our galaxy is a very minor member.

The entire map is approximately 7 percent of the diameter of the entire visible Universe. Individual galaxies are far too small to appear on this map, each point represents a group of galaxies.

Posted by Casey Kazan.

Source:

http://www.ldps.ws/Mirror/Universe/superc.html

Comments

[Wellsmed]

It looks magnificent!