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| Local Supercluster comparison table | ||||||
| Subject | is part of | is a kind of | is an instance of | has synonym | has number of cluster | has definition |
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| supercluster | collection of galaxies | A cluster of clusters of galaxies. Superclusters are typically about one hundred million (108) light-years in diameter and contain tens of thousands of galaxies. | ||||
| Local Supercluster | Universe | supercluster | Virgo supercluster | 100 | An aggregation of galaxies - roughly ten thousand of them - to which the Virgo Cluster and our own galaxy belong. |
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