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Galaxy filament

Ursa Major Filament is a galaxy filament. The filament is connected to the CfA Homunculus, a portion of the filament forms a portion of the "leg" of the Homunculus.

References

Han, Cheongho; Gould, Andrew; Sackett, Penny D. (May 1995). "The orientation of spin vectors of galaxies in the Ursa Major filament". The Astrophysical Journal. 445, no. 1 (Part 1): 46–54. arXiv:astro-ph/9408022. Bibcode:1995ApJ...445...46H. doi:10.1086/175671. ISSN 0004-637X. S2CID 118985923.
The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, Volume 121, Issue 2, pp. 445-472. "Photometric Properties of Kiso Ultraviolet-Excess Galaxies in the Lynx-Ursa Major Region" 04/1999 Bibcode:1999ApJS..121..445T

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