Astr 222 March 21, 2005: Large scale structure  


Michael Blanton's animation of the SDSS main (flux-limited) galaxy sample, limited to 0.02 < z < 0.22, color coded by g-r color.

The Galaxy luminosity Function

Local and Virgo comparisons

Virgo Cluster

Density-morphology relation

Projected density

Coma cluster

Not Random!

Map of nearby galaxies

galaxy concentrations

Groups and Clusters

Where do we find spirals?

Bootes Void

Redshift

The stickman cometh

Walls

How might we quantify it?

and cometh again...

frequency distributions of neighboring galaxies

Timescales