The Isotropic Universe

 
Fields for APM galaxy survey & 2dF redshift survey
 
The APM survey of 2 million galaxies (mJ < 17)
 
Small fraction of the 2 million sources in the NVSS (flux > 2.5 mJy) shown on equal area projection. The distribution is remarkably uniform since the radio galaxies are, on average, at z ~ 0.8. (from Jim Condon)

 

 
Representation of CMB -- after removal of dipole and MW emission
 
WMAP image of the CMB, contrast stretched to show the slight anisotropies that become large scale structure.

Upper images taken from the 2dF website.
Middle images taken from "Galaxy Formation" by Longair.
Lower images from WMAP website; green sphere from google search.