List of largest galaxies - Wikipedia
This is a list of largest galaxies known, sorted by order of increasing major axis diameters. The unit of measurement used is the light-year (approximately 9.46 × 10 12 kilometers).
List of largest cosmic structures - Wikipedia
This is a list of the largest cosmic structures so far discovered. The unit of measurement used is the light-year (distance traveled by light in one Julian year; approximately 9.46 trillion kilometres). This list includes superclusters, galaxy filaments and large quasar groups (LQGs). The structures are listed based on their longest dimension.
The Ten Largest Galaxies In The Universe - WorldAtlas
2023年6月9日 · The Ten Largest Galaxies In The Universe. The largest known galaxy in the universe is IC 1101 at four million light years across; All of the largest galaxies are either elliptical galaxies or spiral galaxies; Most galaxies grow to their current size by absorbing other galaxies; Galaxies come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes. If we think of ...
List of galaxies - Wikipedia
There are an estimated 100 billion galaxies in all of the observable universe. [1] . On the order of 100,000 galaxies make up the Local Supercluster, and about 51 galaxies are in the Local Group (see list of nearest galaxies for a complete list).
How large is the biggest galaxy in the Universe? - Big Think
2024年12月9日 · The giant elliptical galaxy at the heart of cluster Abell 2029, IC 1101, is the largest known galaxy in the Universe, at least in terms of stellar extent.
Giant radio galaxy Alcyoneus is now the largest known galaxy in …
2022年2月21日 · The giant elliptical galaxy at the heart of cluster Abell 2029, IC 1101, is the largest known galaxy in the Universe, at least in terms of stellar extent.
Alcyoneus Galaxy Facts, Size & Picture - Universe Guide
Alcyoneus is, as of Feb 2022, the largest known galaxy in the universe. It is believed to be over 16 Million Light Years across and is over 3 billion light years from the Earth.
The Biggest Galaxy Ever Found Has Just Been Discovered
2022年2月15日 · Astronomers have just found an absolute monster of a galaxy. Lurking some 3 billion light-years away, Alcyoneus is a giant radio galaxy reaching 5 megaparsecs into space. That's 16.3 million light-years long, and constitutes the largest known structure of galactic origin.
The Andromeda galaxy is finally viewed in all its glory, thanks to …
4 天之前 · Astronomers are celebrating the completion of a 2.5-billion-pixel panoramic picture of the entire Andromeda galaxy. The team includes several UC Santa Cruz researchers who made significant contributions to the enormous photomosaic that combines some 600 snapshots taken by the Hubble Space Telescope over more than a decade and 1,000 orbits.
10 Largest Galaxies in the Known Universe
2018年12月4日 · IC 1101 is the largest galaxy in the observable universe. This supergiant elliptical galaxy is estimated to be around 2000 times larger than our Milky Way Galaxy, and also sports the largest known supermassive black hole known to man .