Local Sheet
(flat grouping of galaxies around the Local Group)
The Local Sheet is a flat grouping of galaxies including
the Local Group. It is about 7 Mpc across
and 0.5 Mpc thick and is within the
Local Volume (a name for all space within 10 Mpc of us),
in turn, a portion of the Virgo Supercluster.
It includes 12 surrounding large galaxies beyond the Local Group
which are sometimes termed the Council of Giants, plus their
satellite galaxies, and presumably other dwarf galaxies in
the region.
The Local Sheet's galaxies are relatively consistent regarding
peculiar velocity.
(local)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_Sheet
https://www.eurekalert.org/multimedia/648796
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2008ApJ...676..184T/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2013MNRAS.436.2096S/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014MNRAS.440..405M/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2019ApJ...880...52A/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2020MNRAS.494.2600N/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2023MNRAS.520L..28A/abstract
Referenced by pages:
Circinus Galaxy (ESO 97-G13)
Council of Giants
Local Group (LG)
Local Void
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