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Local Supercluster
Large cluster of galaxies group.
Virgo Supercluster
(astronomy) The supercluster that includes the Milky Way galaxy.
coma supercluster
The (SCl 117) a nearby supercluster of galaxies comprising the Coma Cluster (Abell 1656) and the Leo Cluster (Abell 1367).
Laniakea Supercluster
The (Hawaiian for "open skies" or "immense heaven") or the Local Supercluster (LSC or LS) the galaxy supercluster that is home to the Milky Way and approximately 100,000 other nearby galaxies.
Shapley Supercluster
The Shapley Supercluster or Shapley Concentration (SCl 124) is the largest concentration of galaxies in our nearby universe that forms a gravitationally interacting unit, thereby pulling itself together instead of expanding with the universe.
Vela Supercluster
The (Vela SCl, VSCL) a massive galactic supercluster about 265.5 megaparsecs (870 million light-years) away within the vicinity of the Zone of Avoidance, centered on the constellation Vela.
Saraswati Supercluster
a massive galaxy supercluster about 1.2 gigaparsecs (4 billion light years) away within the Stripe 82 region of SDSS, in the direction of the constellation Pisces.
Ophiuchus Supercluster
a nearby galaxy supercluster in the constellation Ophiuchus.
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