Local Volume

English

Etymology

From local +‎ volume from being the volume of space in which we exist (that which is local to us).

Proper noun

Local Volume

1. (astronomy, cosmology) the volume of space around the Milky Way Galaxy out to a distance of approximately 10 megaparsecs or 35 million lightyears away or out to a cosmological redshift recessional radial velocity of 550km/s or z<0.002

Related terms

• Local Arm
• Local Bubble
• Local Fluff, Local Interstellar Cloud
• Local Group
• Local Supercluster
• Local Void
• Local Wall, Local Filament