Local Group

English

Etymology

Coined by American astronomer Edwin Hubble in 1936.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Local Group

1. (astronomy) The small cluster of galaxies that contains the Milky Way Galaxy; includes Andromeda, Triangulum, the Large Magellanic Cloud, Small Magellanic Cloud and others.

Hypernyms

• group

Meronyms

• Andromeda Galaxy
• Large Magellanic Cloud
• M110
• M32
• Milky Way
• Small Magellanic Cloud
• Triangulum Galaxy

Coordinate terms

• Local Arm
• Local Bubble
• Local Fluff
• Local Supercluster (LSC / LS)
• Local Void
• Local Wall

Translations

cluster of galaxies that contains the Milky Way

Chinese: Mandarin: 本星系群 (zh) (Běn Xīngxìqún) Dutch: Lokale Groep m or f Estonian: Kohalik galaktikarühm Finnish: Paikallinen ryhmä (fi) French: Groupe local (fr) m Georgian: ადგილობრივი ჯგუფი (adgilobrivi ǯgupi) German: Lokale Gruppe (de) f Hindi: स्थानीय समूह m (sthānīya samūh) Japanese: 局部銀河群 (きょくぶぎんがぐん, kyokubu gingagun) Korean: 국부은하군(局部銀河群) (gukbueunhagun) Polish: Grupa Lokalna Galaktyk f, Grupa Lokalna f, Układ Lokalny m Spanish: Grupo Local m Turkish: Yerel Grup Vietnamese: nhóm Địa phương

Further reading

• Local Group on Wikipedia.Wikipedia