Void galaxy


A void galaxy is a galaxy which exists in cosmological voids. Few galaxies exist in voids; most galaxies exist in sheets, walls and filaments that surround voids and supervoids. Many of the void galaxies are connected to each other through void filaments or tendrils, lightweight versions of the regular galaxy filaments that surround voids. These filaments are often straighter than their regular counterparts due to the lack of influence by surrounding filaments. These filaments can even be rich enough to form poor groups of galaxies. The void galaxies themselves are thought to represent pristine examples of galactic evolution, having few neighbours, and likely to have formed from pure intergalactic gas.

List of void galaxies

GalaxyVoidFilamentNotesComments
PC 1357+4641Boötes voidEmission-line Galaxy
IRAS 14288+5255Boötes void The Astrophysical Journal Letters, "Detection of X-Ray Emission from Galaxies inside the Bootes Void", Chulhee Kim, Th. Boller, Kajal K. Ghosh, Douglas A. Swartz, Brian D. Ramsey, 'Volume 546, Number 2', 10 January 2001, AGN X-ray source
G 1432+5302Boötes void The Astronomical Journal, "Spectroscopy of Galaxies in the Bootes Void", Shawn Cruzen 1, Tara Wehr, Donna Weistrop, Ronald J. Angione, Charles Hoopes, 'Volume 123, Number 1', 2002 January, Starburst galaxy
G 1458+4944Boötes voidLINER galaxy
G 1507+4554Boötes voidStarburst galaxy
G 1510+4727A & G 1510+4727BBoötes voidInteracting galaxy pair
BHI 1514+3819Boötes void
FSS 1515+3823Boötes void
G 1517+3949Boötes voidStarburst galaxy
G 1517+3956A & G 1517+3956BBoötes voidInteracting galaxy pair
IRAS 15195+5050Boötes voidAGN X-ray source
Markarian 845Boötes voidSeyfert 1
CG 547Boötes voidEmission-line Galaxy
CG 637Boötes voidEmission-line Galaxy
CG 922Boötes voidEmission-line Galaxy
MCG+01-02-015LEDA 1852
Pisces ALocal Void
Pisces BLocal Void
NGC 7077Local Void