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The Perseus Supercluster

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

Riccardo Giovanelli*
Affiliation:
NAIC, Arecibo Observatory

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In analyzing the distribution of galaxies of a sample projected on the plane of the sky, the magnitude of a surface density enhancement produced by a clumpy structure depends on the size and magnitude of the volume density enhancement, and the depth of the sample. If the sample is too deep, or the line of sight size or volume overdensity of the clump too small, the surface enhancement may be too shallow to discern against the fore- and background objects. The Catalogue of Galaxies and Clusters of Galaxies (CGCG: Zwicky et al. 1960–68) provides a representative sample of the local universe (cz ≤ 15000 km s−1) and, in hindsight, possibly the one available that best enhances the inhomogeneities that appear to characterize the large scale structure of the universe. Using maps of the surface density distribution of galaxies from the CGCG, of which figure 1 is an example, Martha Haynes, Guido Chincarini and I have selected a number of filamentary structures discernable and undertaken a 21 cm redshift survey of large regions enclosing them, with the telescopes of 305 m at Arecibo and 92 m at NRAO-Green Bank. Here I shall discuss our current results from a large area extending from Pegasus to Ursa Major, which engulfs the well known Perseus supercluster (Einasto et al. 1980; Gregory et al. 1981).

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1983 

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