The Local Group Of Galaxies

Nov 05, 2015 · Active galaxies pour out lots of energy, due to their central supermassive black holes gobbling down matter. Galaxies tend not to be loners, but instead

The group of galaxies called “The Local Group” to which the Milky Way belongs has played a crucial role in our determination of distances to galaxies.

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Aug 18, 2013 · In this segment of our “How far away is it” video book, we cover the Andromeda galaxy along with our local group of galaxies, including some of the dwarf

The Local Group There are billions of galaxies in our Universe. Most of these are clumped together in small groups. Our own galaxy which is called The Milky Way

The Local Void is a vast, empty region of space, lying adjacent to the Local Group. Discovered by Brent Tully and Rick Fisher in 1987, the Local Void is now known to

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Picture Galaxy Type Distance from Earth Magnitude Group Membership Notes Diameter (ly) Millions of light-years Mpc M m 1: Milky Way: SBbc: 0.027: 0.008 −20.8 n/a

Le Groupe local de galaxies [1] ou, plus simplement, le Groupe local [2] (calque [réf. nécessaire] de l’anglais Local Group, en abrégé LG [réf. nécessaire]) est

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