Earth's location in local superclusters, illustration. Image 7 of 8, showing the Earth's location in relation to the scale of the universe. This image


Earth's location in local superclusters, illustration. Image 7 of 8, showing the Earth's location in relation to the scale of the universe. This image shows the location of the Earth's supercluster (the Virgo Supercluster, centre) in the local supercluster complex, the Pisces-Cetus Supercluster Complex, which is a billion light years across. For the series of individual illustrations, see images C047/4605 to C047/4612 (with labels) and C047/4613 to C047/4620 (without labels). For the montage versions of these illustrations, with and without labels, see images C047/4602 to C047/4604. For this illustration without labels, see image C047/4619.


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Photo credit: © MIKKEL JUUL JENSEN / SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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