Etymology

Local Supercluster

Today it means: Synonym of Virgo Supercluster, a lobe of the Laniakea Supercluster; a supercluster representing all the nearby galaxies which have clumped together. Full definition →

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The story

Coined by Gerard de Vaucouleurs in 1958.

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