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    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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    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 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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    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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