Cosmography of the Local Universe (HD)

Behold a 3D map of of the universe, showing all galaxies out to 300 million light years

Brent Tully, a cosmologist at the University of Hawaii's Institute for Astronomy has mapped the universe in detail out to a distance of about 100 million light years. To put that in more human terms: Columbus's maps of the New World described a land 3,000 miles from home, but Tully's map extends 6,000,000,000,000,000,000 miles out. No wonder he is often referred to as a cosmic cartographer. By filling in the details, Tully has made it possible to discern the true structure of the universe: clusters of galaxies arranged into enormous filaments, bound together by invisible strands of dark matter, and tremendous lonely voids where galaxies are sparse.

A film by Hélène Courtois, Daniel Pomarède, R. Brent Tully, Yehuda Hoffman, and Denis Courtois. All rights reserved.

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[Teelirious]

The beautiful complexity of the cosmos is mirrored by the amazing minds who tease out its secrets. Thank you for this.

[keithwright]

An absolutely fascinating work, bravo!

[pancurium]

Stunning! This needs to he made into a full length documentary.

[apefu]

I wish this wonderful presentation was available with an alternative narrative voice. I understand it but I know people who will miss out on this great presentation because they will find it to difficult.

[joeflosion]

Fantastic video! My only complaint is her accent and being able to understand what she is saying. Brilliant.

[ManikSethisuwan]

I can think of a couple of people who would really need this map.

Mr. Zulu, Mr. Scott from Star Trek. R2D2 from Star Wars. Heimdall from Thor. Vegeta from Dragonball. Prof Sinistra from Harry Potter. And of course, God.

Oh wait, Star Wars takes places only in one single galaxy, far, far away, so strike out R2D2.

[danielmabella]

Compliments! Great understanding made available . Thank You, For bothering to explain your visualisation so clearly! Just one questiion, please. The Coma Supercluster, how is its movement in relation to the great attractor? I missunderstood something here, I alwasmthought the Coma Cluster is related to the great attractor? Thanks!

[slow-mo_moonbuggy]

Astronomy isn't science. It's speculation.

[Anonymous]

It is the vision of a Super- Observer, Socrates first, then copernico finally Lorentz and Einstein created the privileged observer... to favorite inmediately...

[AndreaCalaon]

I would like a hamburger... Very nice anyway! Well done!

[BorisGadjowsky]

Brilliant video....and the accent is super sexy btw :)