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Virgo Supercluster
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formerly defined galactic supercluster containing the Virgo Cluster and the Local Group
Key facts
- Constellation s
- Virgo & Coma Berenices ( Virgo Cluster )
- Right ascension
- 12 31
- Declination
- +12 ° 24 ′
- Number of galaxies
- 47,000+
- Parent structure
- Laniakea Supercluster
- Major axis
- 147 Mly (45 Mpc )
- Minor axis
- ≈26.1 Mly (8 Mpc )
- Redshift
- Doppler shift
- Distance
- 55.62 ± 8.395 Mly (17.053 ± 2.574 Mpc ) ( Virgo Cluster )
- Binding mass
- ~ 1.48 × 10 M ☉
- Luminosity specify
- 3 × 10 L ☉ (total)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- supercluster
- Part of
- Laniakea Supercluster
- Has part
- M74 Group
- Named after
- Virgo Cluster
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Diameter
- 110000000
- Image
- Supercúmulo de Virgo.jpg
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- topic's main category
- Category:Virgo Supercluster
- Commons category
- Virgo Supercluster
- site of astronomical discovery
- United States
- discoverer or inventor
- Gérard de Vaucouleurs
- time of discovery or invention
- 1953-00-00
- right ascension
- 187.75
- epoch
- J2000.0
- declination
- 12.40
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Encyclopedic overview
The Virgo Supercluster (Virgo SC) or Local Supercluster (LSC or LS) is a supercluster of galaxies containing the Virgo Cluster and Local Group. The latter contains the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies, among others. The Virgo Supercluster is roughly centered on the Virgo Cluster, with the Local Group located near one edge and revolving around its center.
At least 100 galaxy groups and clusters are located within the supercluster diameter of 45 megaparsecs (147 million light-years; 1.39×10 kilometres). The Virgo Supercluster is one of about 10 million superclusters in the observable universe, with the main body of the supercluster, the Virgo Strand, connecting the Hydra-Centaurus and the Perseus–Pisces Superclusters. It is part of the Pisces–Cetus Supercluster Complex, a very large galaxy filament.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Virgo Supercluster” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.