Vela Supercluster and Shapely Supercluster (IMAGE)

Australian National University

Vela Supercluster and Shapely Supercluster

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The white/blue image is the Milky Way, with the central bulge on the left and the plane of the disk running horizontally across the region; the yellow/green dots are the distribution of galaxies in the nearby universe; the Vela supercluster (VSC) region is indicated, running across the Galactic plane; also shown is the location of the Shapley supercluster (SC), the other massive structure in the nearby universe.

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