Coma Supercluster Explained

Coma Supercluster
Image Scale:	2
Constellation:	Coma Berenices
Major Axis Mpc:	6Mpc
Minor Axis Mpc:	6Mpc
Distance:	92Mpc

The Coma Supercluster (SCl 117) is a nearby supercluster of galaxies comprising the Coma Cluster (Abell 1656) and the Leo Cluster (Abell 1367).

Located 300 million light-years from Earth,^[1] it is in the center of the Great Wall and a part of the Coma Filament.^[2] The Coma Supercluster is the nearest massive cluster of galaxies to our own Virgo Supercluster.^[3]

It is roughly spherical, about 20 million light-years in diameter and contains more than 3,000 galaxies. It is located in the constellation Coma Berenices. Being one of the first superclusters to be discovered, the Coma Supercluster helped astronomers understand the large scale structure of the universe.

See also

• Abell catalogue
• Large-scale structure of the universe
• List of Abell clusters

Notes and References

1. Web site: Superclusters - A Review of the Universe. 1 January 2016.
2. 'Astronomy and Astrophysics', vol. 138, no. 1, Sept. 1984, pp. 85-92. Research supported by Cornell University "The Coma/A 1367 filament of galaxies" 09/1984
3. Web site: The Cosmic Distance Scale. 1 January 2016.