Local Group

The Local Group is a group of galaxies. It includes the Milky Way, Andromeda Galaxy, and [[Triangulum Galaxy|Triangulum, along with their satellites and several small galaxies. It in turn is part of the Virgo Supercluster.

Structure
Approximately 10,000,000 light-years in diameter, the Local Group has a rough 'dumbbell shape'. Its centre is located somewhere between the Milky Way and Andromeda, at its centre of mass.

It has a total mass of somewhere around 1.3 trillion solar masses.

Galaxies
Satellite galaxies have indented bulletpoints. Only those over one kiloparsec in diameter appear.


 * Milky Way galaxy


 * Large Magellanic Cloud


 * Small Magellanic Cloud


 * Sagittarius Dwarf Galaxy


 * Canis Major Dwarf


 * Canis Venatici I


 * Andromeda Galaxy


 * M32 (also known as Le Gentil)


 * M110


 * Andromeda VIII


 * Triangulum Galaxy


 * Pisces Dwarf