LARGE-SCALE STRUCTURE IN THE UNIVERSE

A survey of some cosmographic methods is presented here, with examples of results on the large-scale structure in the universe using these methods. Showing structure up to few 100 Mpc, the distribution of light tends to uniform random (i.e., Poisson) beyond that scale. The recently discovered substantial large-scale coherent flow of all visible matter relative to the rest frame of the 2.73 K cosmic background radiation is not discussed, nor are models and their predictions, including the dynamical importance of dark matter. The material presented forms part of the background needed to meaningfully discuss the 10 ppm ripples COBE observed in the 2.73 K radiation in 1992.