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    The Local Supercluster (LSC or LS) is a defined supercluster containing the Virgo Cluster and Local Group, which itself contains the Milky Way and Andromeda...
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    defining superclusters according to the relative velocities of galaxies. The new definition of the local supercluster subsumes the prior defined Virgo and...
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  • The Pisces–Cetus Supercluster Complex is a galaxy filament. It includes the Laniakea Supercluster which contains the Virgo Supercluster lobe which in turn...
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    turn is part of the Virgo Supercluster, which is part of the Laniakea Supercluster, which is part of the Pisces–Cetus Supercluster Complex. The large size...
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    could see most of the 'Coma-Virgo cloud' (now known to be a superposition of the Coma Supercluster and the Virgo Supercluster), but found a 'cloud' in the...
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  • of a dwarf galaxy Virgo Supercluster, a galactic supercluster Virgo interferometer, a European gravitational-wave telescope USS Virgo, a United States...
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    2,000) member galaxies, the cluster forms the heart of the larger Virgo Supercluster, of which the Local Group (containing our Milky Way galaxy) is a member...
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    of galaxies, which form part of the Virgo Supercluster, which is itself a component of the Laniakea Supercluster. It is estimated to contain 100–400 billion...
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    Great Attractor (category Virgo Supercluster)
    Attractor's basin. It covers approximately four main galaxy superclusters, including superclusters of Virgo and Hydra–Centaurus, and spans across 500 million light...
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    prior to the identification of Laniakea Supercluster in 2014 is the closest neighbour of the former Virgo Supercluster. Its center is located about 39 Mpc...
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    filaments surrounded by immense voids. Both the Local Group and the Virgo Supercluster are contained in a much larger cosmic structure named Laniakea. The...
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    Avoidance) along with the Centaurus Supercluster and the Virgo Supercluster, also known as the Local Supercluster, within which the Milky Way galaxy is...
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    055.75 parsecs) off the eastern edge of the Virgo Supercluster. Parts of it are in the constellations Virgo, Libra, and Serpens Caput. It is located approximately...
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    of the Coma Filament. The Coma Supercluster is the nearest massive cluster of galaxies to our own Virgo Supercluster. It is roughly spherical, about...
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    Local Group (category Virgo Supercluster)
    The group itself is a part of the larger Virgo Supercluster, which may be a part of the Laniakea Supercluster. The exact number of galaxies in the Local...
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    megalight-years (9,198,041.81 parsecs) off the southern edge of the Virgo Supercluster. It is located approximately 55 Mly (16.86 Mpc) to 80 Mly (24.53 Mpc)...
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    Local Sheet (category Galaxy superclusters)
    The Local Sheet is part of the Local Volume and is in the Virgo Supercluster (Local Supercluster). The Local Sheet forms a wall of galaxies delineating one...
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  • Thumbnail for Pavo–Indus Supercluster
    the Pavo–Indus Supercluster is a lobe in a greater supercluster, Laniakea, that is centered on the Great Attractor. The Virgo Supercluster would also be...
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    group is one of many groups that lies within the Virgo Supercluster (the combined Local Group and Virgo cluster). The table below lists galaxies that have...
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    Julian year; approximately 9.46 trillion kilometres). This list includes superclusters, galaxy filaments and large quasar groups (LQGs). The structures are...
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    Sombrero Galaxy (category Virgo (constellation))
    galaxies and galaxy clusters strung out from the southern edge of the Virgo Supercluster. It has an isophotal diameter of approximately 29.09 to 32.32 kiloparsecs...
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    galaxies are believed to make up approximately 10–15% of galaxies in the Virgo Supercluster, and they are not the dominant type of galaxy in the universe overall...
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    Black Eye Galaxy (category Virgo Supercluster)
    The Black Eye Galaxy (also called Sleeping Beauty Galaxy or Evil Eye Galaxy and designated Messier 64, M64, or NGC 4826) is a relatively isolated spiral...
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    Sculptor Group (category Virgo Supercluster)
    The Sculptor Group is a loose group of galaxies visible near the south galactic pole. The group is one of the closest groups of galaxies to the Local Group;...
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    is accelerating, all currently observable objects, outside the local supercluster, will eventually appear to freeze in time, while emitting progressively...
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  • Thumbnail for List of galaxy groups and clusters
    Compact Group List of Abell clusters List of galaxy superclusters Lyons Groups of Galaxies Virgo Supercluster Clavin, Whitney; Jenkins, Ann; Villard, Ray (7...
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    NGC 55 (category Virgo Supercluster)
    NGC 55, also known as the String of Pearls Galaxy, is a Magellanic type barred spiral galaxy located about 6.5 million light-years away in the constellation...
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    Southern Supercluster Strand's components, the Southern Supercluster and the Telescopium−Grus Cloud would be part of this new supercluster. The Virgo Supercluster...
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    M101 Group (category Virgo Supercluster)
    The group itself is one of many located within the Virgo Supercluster (i.e. the Local Supercluster). The table below lists galaxies that have been consistently...
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    5248 Group of galaxies, itself one of the Virgo III Groups strung out to the east of the Virgo Supercluster of galaxies. Distance measurements to NGC...
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