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Largest structure (APOD 07 Nov 2007)

Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 3:03 pm
by kd5auq
Since the "Sloan Great Wall" is not gravitationally bound is there a known
structure that is "constrained" in some way that could be classified as
the "Largest known structure :?:

Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 9:07 pm
by astro_uk
I don't think that anyone has a particular one in mind, but the largest bound structure is probably a large galaxy cluster. I don't know which cluster has the most mass of those that have had theirs estimated, though.