Local Group

E18771
galaxy group gravitationally bound system

The Local Group is a small galaxy cluster containing the Milky Way, Andromeda, and dozens of smaller galaxies bound together by gravity in our cosmic neighborhood.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Local Group canonical 109

Statements (75)

Predicate Object
instanceOf galaxy group ⓘ
gravitationally bound system ⓘ
contains Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ
Andromeda I ⓘ
Andromeda II ⓘ
Andromeda III ⓘ
Andromeda IV ⓘ
Andromeda IX ⓘ
Andromeda V ⓘ
Andromeda VI ⓘ
Andromeda VII ⓘ
Andromeda X ⓘ
Andromeda XI ⓘ
Andromeda XII ⓘ
Andromeda XIII ⓘ
Andromeda XIV ⓘ
Andromeda XIX ⓘ
Andromeda XV ⓘ
Andromeda XVI ⓘ
Andromeda XVII ⓘ
Andromeda XVIII ⓘ
Andromeda XX ⓘ
Andromeda XXI ⓘ
Andromeda XXII ⓘ
Andromeda XXIII ⓘ
Andromeda XXIV ⓘ
Andromeda XXIX ⓘ
Andromeda XXV ⓘ
Andromeda XXVI ⓘ
Andromeda XXVII ⓘ
Andromeda XXVIII ⓘ
Andromeda XXX ⓘ
Aquarius Dwarf Galaxy ⓘ
Carina Dwarf Galaxy ⓘ
Cetus Dwarf Galaxy ⓘ
Draco Dwarf Galaxy ⓘ
Fornax Dwarf Galaxy ⓘ
IC 10 ⓘ
IC 1613 ⓘ
Large Magellanic Cloud ⓘ
Leo I Dwarf Galaxy ⓘ
Leo II Dwarf Galaxy ⓘ
M110 ⓘ
M32 ⓘ
Milky Way ⓘ
NGC 6822 ⓘ
Pegasus Dwarf Irregular Galaxy ⓘ
Phoenix Dwarf Galaxy ⓘ
Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy ⓘ
Sculptor Dwarf Galaxy ⓘ
Small Magellanic Cloud ⓘ
Triangulum Galaxy ⓘ
Tucana Dwarf Galaxy ⓘ
Ursa Minor Dwarf Galaxy ⓘ
numerous dwarf irregular galaxies ⓘ
numerous dwarf spheroidal galaxies ⓘ
hasAlternativeName LG ⓘ
hasApproximateMemberCount around 80 ⓘ
more than 50 ⓘ
hasDiameter approximately 10 million light-years ⓘ
approximately 3 megaparsecs ⓘ
hasGalaxyCountUncertain true ⓘ
hasKinematicCenterNear barycenter between Milky Way and Andromeda ⓘ
hasMass about 2×10^12 solar masses ⓘ
of order 10^12–10^13 solar masses ⓘ
hasSubgroup Andromeda subgroup ⓘ
Milky Way subgroup ⓘ
isBoundBy gravity ⓘ
isDominatedBy Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ
Milky Way ⓘ
isIn observable universe ⓘ
isLocatedIn Laniakea Supercluster ⓘ
surface form: Virgo Supercluster region
isNearestNeighborTo Centaurus A/M83 Group ⓘ
M81 Group ⓘ
partOf Laniakea Supercluster ⓘ

Referenced by (109)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Milky Way → memberOf → Local Group ⓘ
Andromeda Galaxy → partOf → Local Group ⓘ
Andromeda Galaxy → isLargestGalaxyIn → Local Group ⓘ
Triangulum Galaxy → memberOf → Local Group ⓘ
Triangulum Galaxy → isThirdLargestIn → Local Group ⓘ
Large Magellanic Cloud → locatedIn → Local Group ⓘ
Small Magellanic Cloud → memberOf → Local Group ⓘ
Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy → belongsTo → Local Group ⓘ
Laniakea Supercluster → contains → Local Group ⓘ
Magellanic Clouds → arePartOf → Local Group ⓘ
Andromeda IV → locatedIn → Local Group ⓘ
Andromeda IV → memberOf → Local Group ⓘ
M81 Group → nearestNeighborTo → Local Group ⓘ
M81 Group → similarScaleTo → Local Group ⓘ
M32 → memberOf → Local Group ⓘ
M110 → memberOf → Local Group ⓘ
IC 10 → memberOf → Local Group ⓘ
NGC 6822 → memberOf → Local Group ⓘ
Andromeda I → memberOf → Local Group ⓘ
Milky Way subgroup → partOf → Local Group ⓘ
LG → fullName → Local Group ⓘ
Andromeda III → memberOf → Local Group ⓘ
Andromeda III → locatedIn → Local Group ⓘ
Andromeda V → memberOf → Local Group ⓘ
Centaurus A/M83 Group → isNeighborOf → Local Group ⓘ
Andromeda VI → memberOf → Local Group ⓘ
Andromeda VI → locatedIn → Local Group ⓘ
NGC 224 → groupMembership → Local Group ⓘ
M31* → locatedIn → Local Group ⓘ
Magellanic Bridge → locatedIn → Local Group ⓘ
NGC 205 → memberOf → Local Group ⓘ
Andromeda VII → memberOf → Local Group ⓘ
Andromeda VII → locatedIn → Local Group ⓘ
Andromeda IX → memberOf → Local Group ⓘ
Andromeda IX → locatedIn → Local Group ⓘ
Messier 28 → belongsTo → Local Group ⓘ
NGC 598 → memberOf → Local Group ⓘ
Magellanic Stream → partOf → Local Group ⓘ
Andromeda X → memberOf → Local Group ⓘ
Messier 54 → belongsTo → Local Group ⓘ
Leo I Dwarf Galaxy → memberOf → Local Group ⓘ
Andromeda XI → memberOf → Local Group ⓘ
Andromeda XI → locatedIn → Local Group ⓘ
Messier 55 → belongsTo → Local Group ⓘ
SMC → memberOf → Local Group ⓘ
Nubecula Minor → memberOf → Local Group ⓘ
N66 (nebula) → locatedIn → Local Group ⓘ
subject surface form: N66
PGC 3085 → partOf → Local Group ⓘ
ESO 029- G 011 → memberOf → Local Group ⓘ
Leo II Dwarf Galaxy → memberOf → Local Group ⓘ