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Local Group

group of galaxies that includes the Milky Way
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Summary

Local Group is a galaxy cluster[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of galaxy cluster entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,278 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Discoverer or inventor: Edwin Hubble[3]
  • Instance of: galaxy group[4]
  • Part of: Local Sheet[5], Local Volume[6]
  • Commons category: Local Group[7]
  • Has part(s): Large Magellanic Cloud[8], Small Magellanic Cloud[9], Magellanic Stream[10], Andromeda II[11], Milkomeda[12], NGC 3109[13], NGC 185[14], NGC 147[15], Andromeda IX[16], Phoenix Dwarf[17], Andromeda XXI[18], Leo A[19], Barnard's galaxy[20], IC 1613[21]

Why It Matters

Local Group has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

Related Entities

Edwin Hubble

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Local Group. Retrieved October 11, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/local-group
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_local-group_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Local Group}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/local-group}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-11}}
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  1. 12w ago · Putnik · 2026-07-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id → vietine-galaktiku-grupe
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id: vietine-galaktiku-grupe"
  2. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Local Group
    Topic has template → Template:Local Group
    Has parts → —
    Significant event → Andromeda–Milky Way collision
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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