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Supergalactic Plane comparison table

Subject	is a kind of	has definition
plane	geometrical object
Supergalactic Plane	plane	An apparent plane of symmetry, passing through the Virgo cluster of galaxies, about which many of the brightest galaxies in the sky are concentrated. These galaxies form the Local Supercluster.

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