Local Supercluster

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Local Supercluster [′lō·kəl ′sü·pər‚kləs·tər]

(astronomy)

A great flattened system of groups and clusters of galaxies, about 1.5 to 2 × 10⁸light-years (1.4 to 1.9 × 10²⁴meters) across, which includes the local group of galaxies and the Virgo Cluster. Also known as Virgo Supercluster.

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No references found			Canes Venatici contains a wealth of bright galaxies, members of the Local Supercluster centred some 60 million light years away towards Coma Berenices, and some are among the best galaxies in the sky for observers. NGC 4244--a silver sliver in the spring sky by Moore, Stewart L. / Journal of the British Astronomical Association In that case, about a hundred billion years from now, all other galaxies ultimately would disappear from the Milky Way's view and, eventually, the local superclusters of galaxies also would disintegrate. Dark energy may have resulted in 'arrested development of the ... by Asian News International Along the way, they pick up known concentrations of galaxies, including several local superclusters and a sheet of galaxies now termed the "Great Wall" (SN: 11/25/89, p. Probing a universe of bubbles and voids by Peterson, Ivars / Science News			local networking local noon local oscillator local peat local preheating local procurement local property local quasi-F martingale local register local relief local resource local ring local second selector Local Shared Resources local side local sidereal noon local sidereal time local solar time local solution local standard of rest local star cloud local star system local storage local storm local structural discontinuity Local Supercluster Local Taxes and Charges Local Time local trunk local variable local vent local vent stack local ventilating pipe local vertical Local Winds Local-Area Augmentation System local-area DGPS local-area network Local-area networks local-area underwater navigation system local-battery telephone set local-oscillator injection local-oscillator radiation locale localisation localised locality locality of reference localization localization discrimination suppression localization dominance			local star cloud local star system Local state corporatism Local state corporatism Local State Manager Local State-Owned Enterprise Local Station Ownership Coalition local stimulant local stimulant local stimulant local stimulant Local Stock Number local storage Local Storage Address Register Local Store Marketing local storm Local storm report Local Strategic Partnership Local Strategic Partnership Board local street Local Street Gazetteer local structural discontinuity Local Student Finance Scheme Local Studies and Archives Centre Local Subscriber Environment Local Substance Abuse Authorities Local Sunrise Local Super-Direct-Self-Consistent Field Local Supercluster Local Supervising Authority Midwifery Officer local supply working circle Local Support and Development Organisation Local Support Development Officer Local Support Partner News Local Surface Group Local Survivable Processor Local Sustainable Development Plan Local Sustained Release Device Local Sustainment Maintenance Manager Local Swimming Committee Local Switch Local Switching Network Element Local Switching Office Local Switching System Local Switching System General Requirements Local Synchronization Utility Local System Bridge Program Local System Model Local System Queue Area Local System Vendor Access Program Local Tactical Grid Local Tangent Plane Coordinate System Local Tangent Space Euclidean

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