Local Group galaxies
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Local Group galaxies are the collection of more than 50 gravitationally bound galaxies, including the Milky Way and Andromeda, that form our immediate cosmic neighborhood.
Observed surface forms (4)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Local Group | 1 |
| Andromeda subgroup | 0 |
| Milky Way subgroup | 0 |
| Triangulum subgroup | 0 |
Statements (77)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | galaxy group ⓘ |
| centralGalaxy |
Andromeda Galaxy
NERFINISHED
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Milky Way NERFINISHED ⓘ Triangulum Galaxy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coinedBy | Edwin Hubble NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
Andromeda Galaxy
NERFINISHED
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Andromeda I NERFINISHED ⓘ Andromeda II NERFINISHED ⓘ Andromeda III NERFINISHED ⓘ Andromeda IV NERFINISHED ⓘ Andromeda IX NERFINISHED ⓘ Andromeda V NERFINISHED ⓘ Andromeda VI NERFINISHED ⓘ Andromeda VII NERFINISHED ⓘ Andromeda X NERFINISHED ⓘ Andromeda XI NERFINISHED ⓘ Andromeda XII NERFINISHED ⓘ Andromeda XIII NERFINISHED ⓘ Andromeda XIV NERFINISHED ⓘ Andromeda XIX NERFINISHED ⓘ Andromeda XV NERFINISHED ⓘ Andromeda XVI NERFINISHED ⓘ Andromeda XVII NERFINISHED ⓘ Andromeda XVIII NERFINISHED ⓘ Andromeda XX NERFINISHED ⓘ Andromeda XXI NERFINISHED ⓘ Andromeda XXII NERFINISHED ⓘ Andromeda XXIII NERFINISHED ⓘ Andromeda XXIV NERFINISHED ⓘ Andromeda XXIX NERFINISHED ⓘ Andromeda XXV NERFINISHED ⓘ Andromeda XXVI NERFINISHED ⓘ Andromeda XXVII NERFINISHED ⓘ Andromeda XXVIII NERFINISHED ⓘ Andromeda XXX NERFINISHED ⓘ Aquarius Dwarf Galaxy NERFINISHED ⓘ Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy NERFINISHED ⓘ Carina Dwarf Galaxy NERFINISHED ⓘ Draco Dwarf Galaxy NERFINISHED ⓘ Fornax Dwarf Galaxy NERFINISHED ⓘ IC 10 NERFINISHED ⓘ IC 1613 NERFINISHED ⓘ Large Magellanic Cloud NERFINISHED ⓘ Leo I dwarf galaxy NERFINISHED ⓘ Leo II dwarf galaxy NERFINISHED ⓘ M110 NERFINISHED ⓘ M32 NERFINISHED ⓘ Milky Way NERFINISHED ⓘ NGC 6822 NERFINISHED ⓘ Pegasus Dwarf Irregular Galaxy NERFINISHED ⓘ Phoenix Dwarf Galaxy NERFINISHED ⓘ Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy NERFINISHED ⓘ Sculptor Dwarf Galaxy NERFINISHED ⓘ Small Magellanic Cloud NERFINISHED ⓘ Triangulum Galaxy NERFINISHED ⓘ Ursa Minor Dwarf Galaxy NERFINISHED ⓘ WLM NERFINISHED ⓘ many dwarf irregular galaxies ⓘ many dwarf spheroidal galaxies ⓘ |
| cosmicNeighborhoodOf |
Earth
NERFINISHED
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Solar System NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| diameter | ~3 megaparsecs ⓘ |
| discoveryCentury | 20th century ⓘ |
| distanceFromVirgoCluster | ~16.5 megaparsecs ⓘ |
| dominantMembers |
Andromeda Galaxy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Milky Way NERFINISHED ⓘ Triangulum Galaxy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gravitationallyBoundTo |
Andromeda Galaxy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Milky Way NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMass | ~(1–5)×10^12 solar masses (order of magnitude) ⓘ |
| hasSubgroup |
Andromeda subgroup
NERFINISHED
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Milky Way subgroup NERFINISHED ⓘ Triangulum subgroup NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location | near edge of Virgo Supercluster ⓘ |
| memberCount | >= 50 galaxies ⓘ |
| nearestGalaxyCluster | Virgo Cluster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Laniakea Supercluster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Local Group