Local Supercluster
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Virgo Supercluster
The Virgo Supercluster (Virgo SC) or Local Supercluster (LSC or LS) is the irregular supercluster that contains the Virgo Cluster in addition to the Local Group, which in turn contains the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies. At least 100 galaxy groups and clusters are located within its diameter of 33 megaparsecs (110 million light-years). It is one of millions of superclusters in the observable Universe.

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Local Supercluster
The Local Group is part of a supercluster of galaxies, centred on the Virgo cluster of galaxies. The Local Supercluster is about 100,000,000 light years across.


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