South Pole Wall

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The South Pole Wall is a massive, recently discovered cosmic structure composed of thousands of galaxies forming part of the large-scale filamentary web of the universe in the direction of the Earth's south celestial pole.

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South Pole Wall canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cosmic wall ⓘ
galactic filament ⓘ
large-scale structure of the universe ⓘ
belongsToCategory large-scale cosmic walls ⓘ
comparedWith Hercules–Corona Borealis Great Wall ⓘ
Sloan Great Wall ⓘ
composedOf galaxies ⓘ
galaxy clusters ⓘ
contains numerous galaxy clusters ⓘ
thousands of galaxies ⓘ
coordinateReference south galactic cap ⓘ
cosmologicalContext Lambda-CDM model ⓘ
cosmologicalScale hundreds of megaparsecs ⓘ
discoveredBy Daniel Pomarède ⓘ
R. Brent Tully ⓘ
linked to: Brent Tully

cosmography research team ⓘ
linked to: COSMOS field
discoveryMethod cosmography of the local universe ⓘ
galaxy redshift surveys ⓘ
discoveryYear 2020 ⓘ
distanceFromEarth approximately 500 million light-years ⓘ
evidenceFor inhomogeneous matter distribution on large scales ⓘ
extendsOver more than 1.4 billion light-years ⓘ
hasProperty aligned roughly with lines of sight toward the south celestial pole ⓘ
gravitationally significant overdensity ⓘ
hidden partly behind the Milky Way’s zone of avoidance ⓘ
one of the largest known contiguous structures near the Milky Way ⓘ
traced by galaxy density field ⓘ
influences peculiar velocities of nearby galaxies ⓘ
locatedInDirectionOf south celestial pole ⓘ
mappedBy three-dimensional galaxy distribution reconstructions ⓘ
name South Pole Wall ⓘ
observedUsing Cosmicflows velocity data ⓘ
redshift-distance catalogs ⓘ
partOf cosmic web ⓘ
large-scale structure of the cosmos ⓘ
local universe ⓘ
redshiftRange low redshift ⓘ
relatedTo Great Attractor ⓘ
Laniakea Supercluster ⓘ
Shapley Supercluster ⓘ
reportedIn The Astrophysical Journal ⓘ
scaleType supercluster-scale structure ⓘ
shape filamentary ⓘ
structureType wall-like overdensity ⓘ

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Daniel Pomarède → knownFor → South Pole Wall ⓘ
South Pole Wall → name → South Pole Wall ⓘ