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Shape of Superclusters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 July 2016

G. Vettolani ,
G. Chincarini  and
R.E. de Souza
G. Vettolani
Affiliation:
(1) Istituto di Radioastronomia CNR, Bologna, Italy
G. Chincarini
Affiliation:
(2) Osservatorio di Brera, Milano, Italy
R.E. de Souza
Affiliation:
(3) University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brasil

Abstract

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Attempts to measure structural parameters of superclusters are described. Catalogues of superclusters have been prepared using a percolation algorithm applied to a complete sample of UGC galaxies brighter than the 14.5 magnitude. Both a two dimensinal (projected) and a three dimensional approach have been tried. The (conservative) result is that superclusters are certainly not spherical. Probably the departure from sphericity is towards elongated cigar-like structers. No evidence of relative alignements of superclusters has been found.

Type
CHAPTER IV: The Large Scale Distribution of Galaxies
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 124: Observational Cosmology , 1987 , pp. 327 - 329
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1987