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Local Void

The Local Void is a vast, empty region of space, lying adjacent to the Local Group. Discovered by Brent Tully and Rick Fisher in 1987, the Local Void is now known to be composed of three separate sectors, separated by bridges of "wispy filaments". The precise extent of the void is unknown, but it is at least 45 Mpc (150 million light-years) across, and…

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Location and dimensions

GravityMatterUniverseClustersAstronomers
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Overview

Empty regionSpaceLocal GroupBrent TullyRick Fisher
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Constellation
Hercules
Declination
+18.0°
Object type
Void
Right ascension
18h 38m
Size
60 Mpc (200 Mly)

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Location and dimensions

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Local Void

Nodes26
Edges25
Triples23
Avg. degree1.92
Density0.076923
Components1

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Local Void

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related to Location and dimensions · 9
Local Void → Astronomers, Earth, It, Local Group, Local Sheet, Milky Way, Mly, The Local Void, Voids
related to Effect on surroundings · 6
Local Void → Concentrations, Local Sheet, Scientists, The, The Local Void, The Milky Way's
related to List of void galaxies · 2
Local Void → Several, These
Constellation · 1
Local Void → Hercules
Declination · 1
Local Void → +18.0°
Object type · 1
Local Void → Void
Right ascension · 1
Local Void → 18h 38m
Size · 1
Local Void → 60 Mpc (200 Mly)
is a · 1
Local Void → vast

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void local galaxies milky way matter mpc away effect voids mly million group known separated least 300 light list gravity

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Local VoidConstellationHercules1.00infobox
Local VoidDeclination+18.0°1.00infobox
Local VoidObject typeVoid1.00infobox
Local VoidRight ascension18h 38m1.00infobox
Local VoidSize60 Mpc (200 Mly)1.00infobox
Local Voidis avast0.90text
Local Voidrelated to Effect on surroundingsScientists0.60section
Local Voidrelated to Effect on surroundingsLocal Sheet0.60section
Local Voidrelated to Effect on surroundingsConcentrations0.60section
Local Voidrelated to Effect on surroundingsThe Local Void0.60section
Local Voidrelated to Effect on surroundingsThe0.60section
Local Voidrelated to Effect on surroundingsThe Milky Way's0.60section

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