Laniakea Supercluster size and scale context

Laniakea is the immense supercluster region that includes the Local Group, the Virgo Cluster, and the Great Attractor. Its boundaries are defined less by a sharp visible edge than by the way galaxies flow through space, like matter draining into the same cosmic basin. Read its scale context, comparisons, and journey links on the canonical object page.

Bullet ClusterColliding galaxy clusters·6.3 million ly
Perseus ClusterGalaxy cluster·11.6 million ly
Coma ClusterGalaxy cluster·20 million ly
Virgo SuperclusterGalaxy supercluster·147 million ly
Laniakea SuperclusterGalaxy supercluster·500 million ly
Local superclusters regionLarge-scale cosmic neighborhood·1 billion ly

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