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At least 100 galaxy groups and clusters are located within its diameter of 33 megaparsecs (110 million light-years). The Virgo SC is one of about 10 million superclusters in the observable universe and is in the Pisces–Cetus Supercluster Complex, a galaxy filament.
The Virgo Cluster, which sits 65 million light-years away, is near the center of our Local Supercluster; their coincident positions are why it is called the Virgo Supercluster.
The Virgo Supercluster, located in the constellation Virgo, was named after its largest member, the Virgo Cluster, which lies near its center. There are at least 100 galaxy groups and galaxy clusters that make up this supercluster.
The Virgo Cluster is a large cluster of galaxies whose center is 53.8 ± 0.3 Mly (16.5 ± 0.1 Mpc) [2] away in the constellation Virgo. Comprising approximately 1,300 (and possibly up to 2,000) member galaxies, [3] the cluster forms the heart of the larger Virgo Supercluster, of which the Local Group (containing our Milky Way galaxy) is a member
The Virgo Cluster, the most significant collection of galaxies with the home address “Local Supercluster,” has a center some 55 million light-years away.
Messier 87 (also known as Virgo A or NGC 4486, generally abbreviated to M87) is a supergiant elliptical galaxy in the constellation Virgo that contains several trillion stars.
More than 2,000 galaxies reside in the Virgo cluster, scattered in various subclusters whose largest concentration (near the famous system M87 [Virgo A]) is about 5 × 10 6 light-years in diameter. Of the galaxies in the Virgo cluster, 58 percent are spirals, 27 percent are ellipticals, and the rest are irregulars.
The supercluster Earth calls home is the Virgo Supercluster, 110 million lightyears across and hosting about 100 galaxy groups and clusters.
Collectively, all of these groups of galaxies are known as the Virgo Supercluster. The second richest cluster in this volume of space is the Fornax Cluster, but it is not nearly as rich as the Virgo cluster. Only bright galaxies are depicted on the map, our galaxy is the dot in the very centre.
If your mind is not blown yet, it will be when you learn that the Virgo Supercluster is just one of 10 million superclusters in the observable universe! Let’s drill back down to the more manageable Virgo Cluster.