Norma Cluster

Exactly.

And at the very gravitational and kinematic dead center of this chaotic region lies a massive structure known as the Norma Cluster.

The Norma cluster.

Let's dive deep into the stats on this Titan.

It is huge.

That's the one.

And its mass is, it is difficult to wrap your head around.

The Norma Cluster has a binding mass estimated to be on the order of 10 to the 15th solar masses.

Then the breakthrough came when astronomers stopped trying to see with visible light and started using x-ray and radio waves, which can pass through the dust of the Milky Way.

First, there's the Norma Cluster, Abell 3627.

In the 1990s, x-ray surveys revealed a massive concentration of galaxies in the heart of the Great Attractor region.

Known as the Norma Cluster, it's an enormous cluster of galaxies with a mass equivalent to thousands of Milky Ways.

Then there's the Lanakia Supercluster.

In 2014, a team led by Brent Tully at the University of Hawaii used these velocity maps to define our place in the cosmos.

Estimated mass, roughly quadrillions of suns.

Velocity, the Milky Way is moving toward it at approximately 2.2 million kilometers per hour.