what is the virgo supercluster?
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The Virgo Supercluster or Local Supercluster is the supercluster of galaxies that contains the Local Group and with it our galaxy, the Milky Way. It has the pancake-like shape of a flattened disk, with a diameter of about 200 million light years. It contains about 100 groups and clusters of galaxies and is dominated by the Virgo cluster near its center. The Local Group is located near the edge and is drawn towards the Virgo cluster
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The Magellanic Clouds are two dwarf galaxies gravitationally bound to the Milky way. The Large Magellanic Cloud is closer at about 160,000 ly, the Small Magellanic Cloud is about 200,000 ly,\n\nSo the answer is the SMC.\n\nBut wait, there's more! Some say the Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy (Sag DEG) is closest at 70,000 ly but has minlged with the MW to such an extent some even doubt it exists.\n\nSo it's the SMC, but it could be the LMC.
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It's due to a process of vortical adduction dynamics.  Galaxies are not centrifugal (spinning outwardly), they spin inwardly.  Hence, this is why the centers of galaxies are utterly ancient, because stellar material is gravitated from the outer terminus to the core of the galactic system.  Consequently, the youngest matter is at the outer extremity and the older matter is in the center, i.e. Black Holes.  Conventional astronomy categorizes the various galaxy "types" as independent forms, but the reality is all galaxies “evolve” through a maturation process beginning with; \n1) the young dust filled Irregular Galaxies; \n2) that eventually evolve into Barred Galaxies;\n3) which transform into Spiral Galaxies; \n4) then the spiral arms contract inward creating Bulging Galaxies (the Sombrero Galaxy is a good example); \n5) next they condense into Elliptical Galaxies;\n6) and then ultimately they become deadly Seyfert Galaxies.\n\nIt’s complex to explain, but vortical adduction dynamics is generated by an oscillating concentric reticulation field across the vast fabric of the Known Universe.  The galaxies form through an autocatalytic process on the high crests of this vast web-like structure, and travel along these arteries.  Many other components come into play and are required, i.e. temperature and the essential horizontal plane of the universe.  The best way to understand this is to rapidly tap the side of a clear plastic water cooler and note the pattern produced on the surface sheet of the water.  The concentric waves will collide and intermingle until a continual resonance establishes the vibratory reticulation field.  It will look somewhat like a concentric spider web separated by four-sided valley-like cupularies.  The galaxies do not enter these low zones, but are confined to the crests surrounding these zones.
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It's radial motion away from us - orbital would be around some central point, which the universe doesn't have (a gravitational center, at least) - although galaxies usually have some particular velocity within their clusters.
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Well it is a spiral galaxy, but it is a kind of cool one.  It is a little difficult to tell from inside the disk, but it looks like we live in a barred spiral galaxy.  \n\nNot one with a huge bar, like this one: (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap050112.html) \n\nbut kind of a medium bar like this one:\n\n(http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap041216.html).\n\nSeen edge on it looks like this far-far-far infrared picture:\nhttp://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap950908.html\n\nThat is real data taken from earth orbit, so you can see why it is hard for us to see if there is a bar. We surmise the bar from the velocity distributions of gas and stars towards the center.\n\nSo that is what it looks like.  In proportion, star wise, you can imagine the central bulge as the size of a hard boiled hens egg yolk, and the disk about the dimensions of a CD. Yeah, VERY thin. there is no edge, the stars just kind of peter out.  Also, the center is mostly old small reddish stars, and the arms are domininated light wise by young blue short lived stars. There is a thicker disk of fainter red old stars too. \nMost of the gas and dust is in the disk and a ring around the bar.  This is where all the star formation goes on. \n\nI could go on for pages more...but that should be enough to get you to ask more focussed questions.
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Each galaxy is held together by its own gravitational forces, and the forces outside of those galaxies, is not as much a factor.  Like a bomb blowing up, you can't be sure of where most of the shards will end up, and the same for those galaxies, when they first came into existance.
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There is one, that if you were to do it and found a way to publish the results, a lot of common people would be very interested.  It is the formation and collapse of a gravitational field.\n\nWere you to go to http://timebones.blogspot.com   and then to the November Archive, toward the bottom of that month you shall find "How to Form and Collapse a Gravitational Field".  What I have suggested has been done by myself, but I have never found anyone interested in the results.
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Fact.  Sort of.\n\nWhat is a fact is that every single repeatable measurement of large scale mass shows a very large discrepancy between how much dynamical mass is there (that is to say how much gravity says is there), and how much we can account for using every trick we know (and some we don't).\n\nGalaxy rotation, galaxy cluster temperature, WMAP data, you name it, everything we do to measure dynamical mass of very large objects comes back with us missing large amounds of accountable mass.\n\nEither there is some form of "dark matter" or we are encountering some new aspect of Gravity.  Right now Dark Matter is winning out because no one has been able to come up with a new twist on gravity that gets things right.
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The most interesting fact I know?  That they don't exist and that they're some stupid idea somebody came up with to help explain a few things we don't currently understand.  Singularities have infinitely dense mass?  Riiiight.\n\nYou'd better start reading up on the Electric Universe, buddy.  There are powerful magnetic fields all over the Universe, and the stupid idiot "scientists" running the show right now don't like to acknowledge that maybe there are electric currents shaping our galaxies.
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Galaxies are clusters of stars and its planetary systems found in groups across the universe. List of Galaxies can be found in link below. \n\nThey are really far... measured in light years and the distance is increasing as per our expanding universe.
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Once you leave the Milky Way you are not outside the universe. The Milky Way Galaxy is one of many known galaxies in the universe. There are probably billions we don't know about. "Goodness knows where" is inter-galactic space.\n\nInfinity means "forever". It is not necessarily a measurable distance or time. We're not sure if the whole universe is infinite. We can't even see most of what is out there. The estimated size of the observable universe is 7.4x10^26m (that's really, really, really, really big). Beyond that we're not sure yet.
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The farther we look into the universe with telescopes like Hubble and others, the more galaxies we see. I read a very interesting fact in an astronomy magazine recently that said it is estimated that if you hold your thumb out at arms lenth, close one eye and look at the top of your thumb nail, you are covering up an estimated 240,000 galaxies with your thumb regardless of what direction you look!!!!!! Each galaxy might have an average of 100 to 200 billion stars in them! I have no idea for the estimate of sand grains on every beach in the world-maybe that would be a good question to ask separately in the geography section- but I'm positive that there are quite a bit more stars than sand grains. Good luck!
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Ask Roy Kerr:\n\nhttp://www.astro.ku.dk/~cramer/RelViz/text/geom_web/node4.html
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i don't think in terms of the universe being massive compared to the size of galaxies,but minuscule compared to that which is outside the universe, that way there is an endless supply of material on hand.here at the"center of the universe"it's all relative to our thinking everything is so large but since all we can do is theorize about whats out there,why cant we theorize outside the box,way outside the box. where did science get this idea ? i believe that a chaotic set of galaxies brings about an ordered universe that is a single organism of a larger set of chaotic universes,which in turn forms ordered groups of galactic multiverses which is a small component of a megaverse ,and so on
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No, but there are other Galaxies in the Universe
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Virgo is the angelic reflection of goodness and purity in humanity. While the Gemini (also ruled by Mercury) is gathering information, the Virgo is busy finding practical applications for that knowledge. She is constantly analyzing and assessing facts and details, pulling out and discarding that which is not useful.\n\nThe Virgo is a highly discerning individual. She lives to serve, and has little tolerance for that which does not fit into her world. She may therefore seem finicky and critical, when in reality she is only being as concise and pure minded as possible for those she feels responsible for. She is in tune with the higher forces of nature, which constantly strive toward a perfected state of being.\n\nVirgo's great sense of morality and purity may be tested at different times in her life, tempering her soul with a fortified ability to cut through the ugliness of the world and establish a clear path to simple goodness and charity. She will use the wisdom gained to guide others on the path.\n\nThe Virgo is the most gracious of hostesses, knowing intuitively how to please. She is drawn irresistibly to helping others and can dig in and work hard under any circumstances. She will watch and manage her resources carefully, and spend wisely. In love, the Virgo seeks someone she can give her all to, and treat with the utmost consideration and respect, thus she sets very high standards for those she may choose to share herself with.
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red giant, dwarf, super nova.