The largest galaxy ever found IC 1011 is 6 million light years wide. Compare its size with our Milky Way galaxy.

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The largest galaxy ever found IC 1011 is 6 million light years wide. Compare its size with our Milky Way galaxy.

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Adam Rifkin
11:20 PM Mar 05 2016

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This is the supermassive black hole in the center of IC 1101 in SpaceEngine

http://imgur.com/b50jmYI

A mass of 10 billion suns, with a schwarzschild radius of about 400 AU.

I also took this pretty picture from the surface a planet about 1 ly away

http://imgur.com/zWNaAXR

Adam Rifkin
11:22 PM Mar 05 2016

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https://reddit.com/r/space/comments/48a2oq/the_largest_galaxy_ever_found_compared_to_our/

Adam Rifkin
11:23 PM Mar 05 2016

The largest galaxy ever found IC 1011 is 6 million light years wide. Compare its size with our Milky Way galaxy.

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