Galaxy Zoo Talk

The largest galaxy there is

  • Alpha_Aurigae by Alpha_Aurigae

    IC 1101

    Six million lightyears across! That means a trip going from one end to the other takes 6 million years if you travel by lightspeed!.

    Imagine this, if you would replace our galaxy with IC 1101 it would engulf the Andromeda Galaxy! Mindstaggering!

    Here it is, at a distance of about 1 billion lightyears:

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  • dj_tjitso by dj_tjitso

    Would be one huge SMBH in there. Too bad it doesn't look more interresting.

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