Saraswati Supercluster
| Saraswati Supercluster | |
|---|---|
Saraswati Supercluster is centred on the galaxy cluster Abell 2631, which is the most massive structure in the supercluster | |
| Observation data (Epoch J2000.0) | |
| Constellation(s) | Pisces |
| Right ascension | 23h 37m 40s |
| Declination | 00° 16′ 17″ |
| Number of galaxies | 43 clusters |
| Major axis | 200 Mpc (652 Mly) |
| Redshift | 0.28 |
| Distance | 1.2 Gpc (4 Gly) |
| Binding mass | 2.0×1016 M☉ |
The Saraswati Supercluster is a massive galaxy supercluster about 1.2 gigaparsecs (4 billion light years) away within the Stripe 82 region of SDSS, in the direction of the constellation Pisces. It is one of the largest structures found in the universe, with a major axis in diameter of about 200 Mpc (652 million light years). It consists of at least 43 galaxy clusters, and has the mass of 2 × 1016 M☉, forming a galaxy filament.