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Voids typically have a diameter of 11 to 150 Mpc ; particularly large voids, defined by the absence of rich Supercluster s, are sometimes called supervoids.

A 1994 census ("''The structure of the Universe traced by rich clusters of galaxies.''", see References) lists a total of 27 supervoids with a distance of up to 740 Mpc; a selection is given below:


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  • U. Lindner, J. Einasto, M. Einasto, W. Freudling, K. Fricke, E. Tago: ''The structure of supervoids. I. Void hierarchy in the Northern Local Supervoid.'', Astron. Astrophys., v.301, p.329 (1995)

  • M. Einasto, J. Einasto, E. Tago, G. B. Dalton, H Andernach: ''The structure of the Universe traced by rich clusters of galaxies.'', Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. 269, 301 (1994)