Local Group
English
editEtymology
editCoined by American astronomer Edwin Hubble in 1936.
Proper noun
edit- (astronomy) The small cluster of galaxies that contains the Milky Way Galaxy; includes Andromeda, Triangulum, the Large Magellanic Cloud, Small Magellanic Cloud and others.
Coordinate terms
editTranslations
editcluster of galaxies that contains the Milky Way
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