[1][2] The discovery team led by Olga Cucciati used computational astrophysics methods and astroinformatics; statistical techniques were applied to large datasets of galaxy redshifts, using a two-dimensional Voronoi tessellation to correlate gravitational interaction (virialization) of visible structures.

[7][8] It lies within the two square degree Cosmic Evolution Survey (COSMOS) field of the constellation Sextans.

[4] Hyperion's redshift is z=2.45[7] putting it 11 billion light years from Earth; it existed at less than 20% of the present age of the Universe.

[10] The supercluster contains dark matter, evidenced by a mismatch between the visible objects in it and their computed gravitational binding.

[8] As the 2018 paper authors note, "the identification of massive/complex proto-clusters at high redshift could be useful to give constraints on dark matter simulations" of the Lambda-CDM model.