Local Group Comparison Table

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Local Group comparison table

Subject has number of galaxie has member is part of is a kind of is an instance of has diameter has definition

loose group 10 to 100 galaxy group Galaxy group with on the order of 10 galaxies separated by 10-100 galaxy diameters.

Local Group 30 Milky Way, M31, M33, LMC, SMC, IC 1613, NGC 6822, NGC 147, NGC 185, NGC 205, M32, Sculptor galaxy, Fornax galaxy, Leo I, Leo II, UMi galaxy, Draco system and three companions to M31 Local Supercluster loose group 2 Mpc The cluster of galaxies of which our own, the Milky Way, is one. Its radius is estimated at 10⁶ parsecs. Largest of the Group is the Andromeda galaxy.

Subject	has number of galaxie	has member	is part of	is a kind of	is an instance of	has diameter	has definition
loose group	10 to 100			galaxy group			Galaxy group with on the order of 10 galaxies separated by 10-100 galaxy diameters.
Local Group	30	Milky Way, M31, M33, LMC, SMC, IC 1613, NGC 6822, NGC 147, NGC 185, NGC 205, M32, Sculptor galaxy, Fornax galaxy, Leo I, Leo II, UMi galaxy, Draco system and three companions to M31	Local Supercluster		loose group	2 Mpc	The cluster of galaxies of which our own, the Milky Way, is one. Its radius is estimated at 10⁶ parsecs. Largest of the Group is the Andromeda galaxy.

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