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Virgo Supercluster

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Virgo Supercluster
Picture: NASA, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

About the Virgo Supercluster

The light we see from it set out 0.0537 billion years ago, when the universe was 13.7 billion years old (redshift 0.003727).

The map lists it as a supercluster and shows it at the scale of the large-scale universe, drawn on the supergalactic plane.

The Local Supercluster: about 33 Mpc (110 million light-years) across, with the Local Group near its edge. Since 2014 regarded as one lobe of Laniakea.

Key numbers

Distance53.82 million light-years (16.50 Mpc)
Redshift z0.003727
Light travel time0.0537 billion years
Universe's age when this light left13.7 billion years
Distance methodredshift-independent (literature)
Supergalactic coordinatesSGL 102.3°, SGB -3.1°
On the mapThe dashed circle marks its approximate size around its centre. Structures this large have no sharp edge, and the circle is not drawn to an exact shape.
Sizeabout 108 million light-years across

Where it is

Its place in the universe, from the inside out: Virgo Supercluster › Laniakea Supercluster › Observable universe.

Zoom out to see it in context: Virgo Supercluster, a view about 230 million light-years across.

From Wikipedia

The Virgo Supercluster or Local Supercluster, also known as the Virgo Extension, is a supercluster of galaxies containing the Virgo Cluster and Local Group. The latter contains the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies, among others.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Virgo Supercluster, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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