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Our current picture of how matter and radiation are distributed in the Universe on a large scale is derived from a wide variety of different types of observation. In this chapter, we concentrate upon the large-scale distribution of matter and radiation in the Universe and discuss galaxies and clusters of galaxies in Chaps. 3 and 4 respectively. The observations described in this chapter provide much of the essential underpinning of modern cosmological research.
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(2008). The Large-Scale Structure of the Universe. In: Galaxy Formation. Astronomy and Astrophysics Library. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-73478-9_2
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