<p>Well, I just read <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/rare-galaxy-2-black-holes-1-starved-stars-180552639.html" rel="nofollow">an article</a> about a galaxy with two black holes, and it stated that the galaxy is 1 billion light-years away. Why is there no direction given? If the Big Bang happened, and things are moving away from each other, we can still have at least two directions - away from the center, and to it. Is that a right way to think about space and our drift in space?</p>

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Since the phrasing of your question also suggests a certain misunderstanding, you might find these useful: [What is in the center of the universe?](https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/questions/669/) and
[Do we know the exact spot where big bang took place?](https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/questions/874/do-we-know-the-exact-spot-where-big-bang-took-place).
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When I read that a system is located x light years away, why is there no direction?
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# When I read that a system is located x light years away, why is there no direction?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-01-07)

Well, I just read [an article](http://news.yahoo.com/rare-galaxy-2-black-holes-1-starved-stars-180552639.html) about a galaxy with two black holes, and it stated that the galaxy is 1 billion light-years away. Why is there no direction given? If the Big Bang happened, and things are moving away from each other, we can still have at least two directions - away from the center, and to it. Is that a right way to think about space and our drift in space?

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> **username_1**: Since the phrasing of your question also suggests a certain misunderstanding, you might find these useful: [What is in the center of the universe?](https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/questions/669/) and [Do we know the exact spot where big bang took place?](https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/questions/874/do-we-know-the-exact-spot-where-big-bang-took-place).  

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