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Local Supercluster en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /ˌloʊkl̩ ˈsupɚˌklʌstɚ/ (US)

Etymology

Coined by Gerard de Vaucouleurs in 1958.

Meanings

  1. The supercluster that includes the Milky Way galaxy. ▸ Synonym of Virgo Supercluster, a lobe of the Laniakea Supercluster; a supercluster representing all the nearby galaxies which have clumped together.
  2. The supercluster that includes the Milky Way galaxy. ▸ Synonym of Laniakea, a supercluster representing all the galaxies drawn towards the local gravitational center.

Deriveds

LS (initialisms) · LSC (initialisms)

Relateds

Local Universe · Local Bubble · Local Fluff · Local Space · Local Galaxy · LSC · Local Arm · Local Group · Local Wall · Local Void · Local Filament · LS · Local Hole · Local Star · Local Cluster · Local Spur · LS · LSC

Synonyms

Virgo SCl · Laniakea · Laniakea SCl · Laniakea · Vir SC · Virgo Supercluster · Virgo Supercluster · VirSC · Laniakea Supercluster

Translations (11)

de Lokaler Superhaufen (Supercluster that includes the Milky Way) · it Superammasso Locale (Supercluster that includes the Milky Way) · fi Neitsyen superjoukko (Supercluster that includes the Milky Way) · pl Supergromada Lokalna (Supercluster that includes the Milky Way) · hi कन्या (Supercluster that includes the Milky Way) · nl Lokale Supercluster (Supercluster that includes the Milky Way) · cmn 本超星系團 /本超星系团 (Supercluster that includes the Milky Way) · fr Superamas Local (Supercluster that includes the Milky Way) · fi Paikallinen superjoukko (Supercluster that includes the Milky Way) · hi कन्या महागुच्छ (Supercluster that includes the Milky Way) · es Supercúmulo Local (Supercluster that includes the Milky Way)

wikidata: Q17863945