Boötes Void: how big is it?
Boötes Void is about 328 million light-years. In everyday terms, that is ≈ 3,280 Milky Ways.
- Size
- 328 million light-years
- In metres
- 3.10 × 10²⁴ m
- Everyday comparison
- ≈ 3,280 Milky Ways
- Chapter
- The Cosmic Web
Did you know?
A vast, nearly empty region about 330 million light-years across, with only a few dozen galaxies inside.
How it compares
- About 22× bigger than Virgo Cluster (14.8 million light-years).
- About 1.6× smaller than Laniakea Supercluster (518 million light-years).
Other things of a similar size
- Andromeda Galaxy 220,000 light-years
- Distance to Andromeda 2.54 million light-years
- Local Group 10 million light-years
- Virgo Cluster 14.8 million light-years
- Laniakea Supercluster 518 million light-years
- Observable universe 93 billion light-years
Sizes are rounded, typical values drawn from standard reference sources, including NIST/CODATA physical constants and NASA's planetary fact sheets. Real objects vary; see About for how sizes are chosen.