Questions tagged [local-group]
The Local Group is the group of galaxies that includes the Milky Way among others.
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Does anybody know of a top down map of andromeda in the style of existing (artistic) milky way maps?
I'm looking to make a digital model of the local group of galaxies and I can't find a good representation of the Andromeda galaxy from a top-down view.
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Does a cosmological redshift occur within our local group, of galaxies?
I know that it is not supposed to be expanding but space is space and it is expanding everywhere else outside it so why not inside it too, and gravity just holds everything back.
I suppose if it is, ...
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Dark Matter's effect on galaxy structure
One "fun fact" that's always been, well fun. Is despite what most assume, our sun does not orbit a supermassive black hole or any object at the center of our galaxy.
Recently I read an ...
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What is the distance of the closeset galaxy outside our local group and what is its name?
The Milky Way is 2.5 million light years from Andromeda and the size of the Local Group has a diameter of approxmiately 10 million light years across.
What is the distance from this Local Group to the ...
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Local neighbourhood and Superclusters
Recently, I watched a YouTube video on Limits of Humanity, by famous Youtube channel Kurzgesagt. It talked about the local neighbourhood, and it is the only group of galaxies which are gravitationally ...
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Filtering local region in SIMBAD
I am completely new to astrophysics and currently writing a paper on Cepheid variables for high school physics.
I would like to filter out all Cepheid variables in the local system which I would ...
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Recent research regarding if the local group of galaxies will remain bound to the Virgo Cluster?
The question of if the local group of galaxies will remain bound to the Virgo Cluster has been asked before (Is the local group bound to the Virgo cluster?). I am wondering if there is any more recent ...
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What is the closest galaxy?
I think that the galaxy closest to the Earth, that is, to the Milky Way, is the nebula called Andromeda, which is 2.5 million light years away. Despite this great distance, M31 is visible, and very ...
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Volume of Galaxies
Pretty much awkward question though. I would like to ask how is the volume of a Galaxy X is measured? For example consider milky way, what are the techniques to measure the same? How accurate and ...
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How will nearby galaxies some day expand beyond our horizon? (Neil deGrasse Tyson)
In his appearance on Television contained in the video The Mystery That Keeps Neil deGrasse Tyson Up At Night, Astronomer andeducator Neil deGrasse Tyson says:
I don’t want to be blamed if you can ...
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Do other supercluster like Laniakea also get pulled by the Great Attractor?
I'm not sure, whether there is any other observable super cluster like our local one, Laniakea, and if they do exists, do they also get pulled by the Great Attractor?
I am a little confused about ...
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Does the Milky Way belong to a Galaxy cluster
I know that the Milky Way is a member of the Local Group and the Virgo Supercluster / Laniakea Supercluster. However, I can't seem to find any information about the Galaxy cluster we belong to.
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Is the M81 group bound to the Local group?
Andromeda and the Milky Way are set to collide in 4bn years. Will the Local Group collide with M81, and what about further away groups? if so, when?
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Is Zeta Reticuli within the Orion Arm?
My research has told me astronomers have labeled the galaxy arm that our system is located the Orion Arm but I have yet to find out if that also applies to Zeta Reticuli or not (not asking about ...
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When will the Milky Way "arrive" at the Great Attractor, and what all happen then?
The Great Attractor is described as a location to towards which the Milky Way, along with all other galaxies in the Laniakea Supercluster are moving. How long will it take for the Milky Way to "arrive"...
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