Open in 3DWhat it is
One of the largest voids known, about 330 million light-years across, found in 1981. Only some 60 galaxies have been found inside it.
Placed by its redshift, at the distance the expansion has carried it to by now; the dots around it are galaxies of the 2MASS and SDSS surveys, placed the same way.
In numbers
- From the Sun
- 738 million ly
- Redshift
- 0.0517
- RA / Dec
- 222.95° / 45.80°
Boötes Void
The Boötes Void is a roughly spherical region of space in the vicinity of the constellation Boötes. It contains just 60 galaxies, which is significantly fewer than the approximately 2,000 galaxies expected for an area of comparable size. With a radius of 62 megaparsecs, it is one of the largest known voids in the visible universe, and is often referred to as a "supervoid".
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Voids
- Lepus VoidOne of the 25 nearest voids · 22.2 million light-years3D
- Orion–Taurus VoidOne of the 25 nearest voids · 26.4 million light-years3D
- Virgo–Boötes VoidOne of the 25 nearest voids · 35.9 million light-years3D
- Tucana VoidOne of the 25 nearest voids · 39.4 million light-years3D
- Ophiuchus–Sagittarius–Capricornus VoidOne of the 25 nearest voids · 45.8 million light-years3D
- Auriga VoidOne of the 25 nearest voids · 47.5 million light-years3D
- Hercules VoidOne of the 25 nearest voids · 47.5 million light-years3D
- Draco–Cepheus VoidOne of the 25 nearest voids · 48.9 million light-years3D
- Cetus–Sculptor–Pisces VoidOne of the 25 nearest voids · 53.5 million light-years3D
- Aquarius VoidOne of the 25 nearest voids · 54.5 million light-years3D
- Pavo–Octans VoidOne of the 25 nearest voids · 55.2 million light-years3D
- Cancer–Canis Minor–Hydra VoidOne of the 25 nearest voids · 61.6 million light-years3D