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| caption = A map of the Perseus-Pisces Supercluster
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The '''Perseus–Pisces Supercluster''' ('''SCl 40''') is one of the [[Astronomy:List of largest cosmic structures|largest known structures]] in the [[Astronomy:Universe|universe]]. Even at a distance of 250 million [[Astronomy:Light-year|light-year]]s, this chain of [[Astronomy:Galaxy cluster|galaxy cluster]]s extends more than 40° across the northern winter sky. The [[Astronomy:Perseus (constellation)|Perseus]]-[[Astronomy:Pisces (constellation)|Pisces]] Supercluster is one of two dominant concentrations of [[Astronomy:Galaxy|galaxies]] (the other being the Local supercluster) in the nearby universe (within 300 million light years). This supercluster also borders a prominent void, the [[Astronomy:Taurus Void|Taurus Void]], and is part of the [[Astronomy:Perseus–Pegasus Filament|Perseus–Pegasus Filament]] which stretches for roughly a billion [[Light year|light year]]s.<ref>'Astrophysical Journal', Part 1 ({{ISSN|0004-637X}}), vol. 299, Dec. 1, 1985, p. 5-14. "A possible 300 megaparsec filament of clusters of galaxies in Perseus-Pegasus" ''12/1985'' {{bibcode|1985ApJ...299....5B}}</ref>

==Clusters==
The main clusters of the Perseus–Pisces Supercluster are [[Astronomy:Abell 262|Abell 262]], Abell 347, and Abell 426.

==See also==
* [[Astronomy:Abell catalogue|Abell catalogue]]
* [[Astronomy:Observable universe#Large-scale structure|Large-scale structure of the universe]]
* [[Astronomy:List of Abell clusters|List of Abell clusters]]
* [[Astronomy:Supercluster|Supercluster]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.atlasoftheuniverse.com/superc/perpsc.html Atlas of the universe page on the Perseus-Pisces Supercluster]

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