Peculiar Velocities of Galaxies Just Beyond the Local Group

• Published in: The Astrophysical journal Vol. 880; no. 1; pp. 52 - 62
• Main Authors: Anand, Gagandeep S., Tully, R. Brent, Rizzi, Luca, Shaya, Edward J., Karachentsev, Igor D.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Philadelphia The American Astronomical Society 20.07.2019; IOP Publishing
• Subjects: Astrophysics; Galaxies; galaxies: distances and redshifts; galaxies: stellar content; Hemispheres; Hertzsprung-Russell and C-M diagrams; Hubble Space Telescope; Infrared telescopes; large-scale structure of universe; Local group (astronomy); Milky Way; Space telescopes; Stars & galaxies; Velocity; Velocity distribution

The Milky Way lies in a thin plane, the Local Sheet, a part of a wall bounding the Local Void lying toward the north supergalactic pole. Galaxies with accurate distances both above and below this supergalactic equatorial plane have systematically negative peculiar velocities. The interpretation of t...