Image Details

Choose export citation format:

Cosmography of the Local Universe

  • Authors: Hélène M. Courtois, Daniel Pomarède, R. Brent Tully, Yehuda Hoffman, and Denis Courtois

Courtois et al. 2013 The Astronomical Journal 146 69.

  • Provider: AAS Journals

Caption: Figure 22.

Cosmic flows in the nearby universe. In this wide-angle perspective view, galaxies are visualized as spheres. Streamlines of the cosmic flows are seeded on the supergalactic plane. An image of the reconstructed overdensity source field is also displayed on this plane. The bulk flows along the Virgo–Centaurus filament and along the Antlia–Centaurus filament are well defined. To the rear of the scene, beyond the Virgo Cluster, a "fountain" is associated with the attractor also visible in Figure  21.

Other Images in This Article

Show More

Copyright and Terms & Conditions