Open in 3DWhat it is
A nearly empty region next to the Local Group, toward Aquila and Hercules, much of it hidden behind the Milky Way. Its emptiness pushes the Local Group away from it at about 260 km/s (Tully et al. 2008). The nearest voids drawn around it are Pustilnik et al.'s (2019), who count its near part in the Ophiuchus–Sagittarius–Capricornus Void.
In numbers
- From the Sun
- about 75.0 million ly
Local Void
The Local Void is a vast, empty region of space, lying adjacent to the Local Group. Discovered by Brent Tully and Rick Fisher in 1987, the Local Void is now known to be composed of three separate sectors, separated by bridges of "wispy filaments". The precise extent of the void is unknown, but it is at least 45 Mpc across, and possibly 150 to 300 Mpc.
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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