Virgo cluster Comparison Table

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Virgo cluster comparison table

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

rich cluster > 100 galaxy cluster Galaxy cluster with 100 or more galaxies within a volume comparable to that of a loose group. Scale of cluster, about 1 Mpc.

Virgo cluster 2500 M87 Local Supercluster z = 0.004 rich cluster An irregular cluster including the giant elliptical M87 (the galaxy of greatest known mass).

Subject	has number of galaxie	has member	is part of	is a kind of	has redshift	is an instance of	has definition
rich cluster	> 100			galaxy cluster			Galaxy cluster with 100 or more galaxies within a volume comparable to that of a loose group. Scale of cluster, about 1 Mpc.
Virgo cluster	2500	M87	Local Supercluster		z = 0.004	rich cluster	An irregular cluster including the giant elliptical M87 (the galaxy of greatest known mass).

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