2MASS XSCz from 9000 - 24,000 km/s.
Blue: 9,000 - 12,000 km/s;
green: 12,000 - 15,000 km/s;
yellow: 15,000 - 18,000 km/s;
orange: 18,000 - 21,000 km/s;
red: 21,000 - 24,000 km/s.
Heavy smoothing shows the 3-D connection between Shapley (SC),
the Great Attractor (Norma) and the Vela region. The box
demarks Vela, coincident with the SMAC dipole.
2MASS XSCz from 9000 - 24,000 km/s, zooming into the Vela region.
2MASS XSCz from 9000 - 24,000 km/s, zooming into the Vela region.
2MASS XSCz from 15,000 - 24,000 km/s.
2MASS XSCz from 15,000 - 24,000 km/s. Note the yellow-orange
loop connecting SC to Norma to Vela.