<p>I think it is supposed to be a representation of the Centaurus A/M83 Galaxy group.</p>

<p><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centaurus_A/M83_Group" rel="nofollow">https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centaurus_A/M83_Group</a></p>

<p>These are a bunch of galaxies between 12 million and 15 million light years away.</p>

<p>The big central dust lane in Cen A is very recognisable.</p>

<p>I guess the sequence then continues through the Virgo cluster and supercluster which are roughly in the same direction.</p>

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<p>I know this is not supposed to be precise since it is just a movie but I would suppose it is based on real things. In the Contact movie intro
<a href="https://youtu.be/EWwhQB3TKXA?t=1m" rel="nofollow">https://youtu.be/EWwhQB3TKXA?t=1m</a> I think the Milk Way is shown at around 2:12, I am wondering what is the structure shown around 2:32. Does that a representation of anything real? Virgo maybe?</p>

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Which structure is represented in this video (if any)?
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# Which structure is represented in this video (if any)?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-07-31)

I know this is not supposed to be precise since it is just a movie but I would suppose it is based on real things. In the Contact movie intro
<https://youtu.be/EWwhQB3TKXA?t=1m> I think the Milk Way is shown at around 2:12, I am wondering what is the structure shown around 2:32. Does that a representation of anything real? Virgo maybe?

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### Answer by username_1 on 2015-07-31. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

I think it is supposed to be a representation of the Centaurus A/M83 Galaxy group.

<https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centaurus_A/M83_Group>

These are a bunch of galaxies between 12 million and 15 million light years away.

The big central dust lane in Cen A is very recognisable.

I guess the sequence then continues through the Virgo cluster and supercluster which are roughly in the same direction.


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