Perseus-Pisces region Comparison Table

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Perseus-Pisces region comparison table

Subject is part of is a kind of is an instance of has definition

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.

Perseus-Pisces region Universe supercluster A region of space containing a huge congregation of galaxies called a supercluster. The galaxies in this supercluster appear to be distributed in a long chain.

Subject	is part of	is a kind of	is an instance of	has definition
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.
Perseus-Pisces region	Universe		supercluster	A region of space containing a huge congregation of galaxies called a supercluster. The galaxies in this supercluster appear to be distributed in a long chain.

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