between 10 billion years ago and now. Groups and clusters may contain ten to thousands of individual galaxies. The clusters themselves are often associated...
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some galaxy groups and galaxy clusters. Defining the limits of galaxy clusters is imprecise as many clusters are still forming. In particular, clusters close...
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clusters of galaxies. The galaxy groups and clusters can themselves cluster together to form superclusters. Notable galaxy clusters in the relatively nearby Universe...
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Supercluster (redirect from Galaxy supercluster)
A supercluster is a large group of smaller galaxy clusters or galaxy groups; they are among the largest known structures in the universe. The Milky Way...
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collections of galaxies larger than groups that are first-order clustering are called galaxy clusters. The groups and clusters of galaxies can themselves...
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of galaxy groups and clusters List of nearest galaxies Virgocentric flow Redd, Nola Taylor (18 December 2017). "Astronomers track dwarf galaxies to better...
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satellite galaxies List of Triangulum's suspected satellite galaxies List of galaxy groups and clusters List of Abell clusters List of galaxy superclusters...
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Virgo Supercluster (redirect from Virgo Super-Cluster)
Virgo Cluster and Local Group, which itself contains the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies, as well as others. At least 100 galaxy groups and clusters are...
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objects. Lin and Mohr (2004), K-band Properties of Galaxy Clusters and Groups: Brightest Cluster Galaxies and Intracluster Light McNamara and O’Connell (1989)...
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structures Galaxy Galaxy cluster Galaxy supercluster Illustris project Large-scale structure List of galaxies List of galaxy groups and clusters Void (astronomy)...
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List of galaxies named after people List of galaxies with richest globular cluster systems List of galaxy groups and clusters List of galaxy superclusters...
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galaxies (dEs) are elliptical galaxies that are smaller than ordinary elliptical galaxies. They are quite common in galaxy groups and clusters, and are...
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galaxy groups and clusters Eridanus Cluster Fornax Cluster – another nearby cluster of galaxies Norma Cluster Virgo Cluster – another nearby cluster of...
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galaxy, is located in Abell 3627. ESO 137-001 located in the Norma cluster ESO 137-2 located in the Norma cluster List of galaxy groups and clusters Coma...
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catalogues of galaxies were made in the 1960s, with the Catalogue of Galaxies and Clusters of Galaxies listing 29,418 galaxies and galaxy clusters, and with the...
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Cultivar group, in biology, a classification category in the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants Galaxy groups and clusters, in cosmology...
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The Bullet Cluster (1E 0657-56) consists of two colliding clusters of galaxies. Strictly speaking, the name Bullet Cluster refers to the smaller subcluster...
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Observable universe (redirect from Groups and clusters of galaxies)
scale. Stars are organized into galaxies, which in turn form galaxy groups, galaxy clusters, superclusters, sheets, walls and filaments, which are separated...
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Star clusters are large groups of stars held together by self-gravitation. Two main types of star clusters can be distinguished. Globular clusters are...
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Pisces–Cetus Supercluster Complex (category Galaxy filaments)
Fossil galaxy group Galaxy group Galaxy cluster Galactic orientation Intracluster medium Large-scale structure of the universe List of galaxy groups and clusters...
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approximately 1,300 (and possibly up to 2,000) member galaxies, the cluster forms the heart of the larger Virgo Supercluster, of which the Local Group (containing...
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galaxy groups and clusters Clavin, Whitney; Jenkins, Ann; Villard, Ray (7 January 2014). "NASA's Hubble and Spitzer Team up to Probe Faraway Galaxies"...
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particularly in galaxy groups and clusters. The term "radio galaxy" is often used to refer to the entire jet system, rather than solely to its host galaxy. Some...
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Elliptical galaxies are preferentially found in galaxy clusters and in compact groups of galaxies. Unlike flat spiral galaxies with organization and structure...
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rich galaxy clusters. They are also known as supergiant ellipticals or central dominant galaxies. The cD-type is a classification in the Yerkes galaxy classification...
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by the HST; 2.76′ view. List of galaxy groups and clusters Coma Cluster Eridanus Cluster Norma Cluster Virgo Cluster NGC 1365 "Inside the Fiery Furnace"...
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light-years) from the Milky Way galaxy. It is a member of the Virgo II Groups, a series of galaxies and galaxy clusters strung out from the southern edge...
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ACT-CL J0102-4915 List of galaxy groups and clusters RCS2 J2327, another galaxy cluster being the second-most-massive galaxy cluster at a record of two quadrillion...
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stable, compact formation. Globular clusters are similar in form to dwarf spheroidal galaxies, and though globular clusters were long held to be the more luminous...
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bound to the Sun. While most satellite galaxies are dwarf galaxies, satellite galaxies of large galaxy clusters can be much more massive. The Milky Way...
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