Editing Virgo Supercluster (section)

{{Short description|Former supercluster}}{{Infobox galaxy cluster
| name = Local Supercluster
| image = Local supercluster-ly.jpg
| caption = Distances from the [[Local Group]] for selected groups and clusters within the Local Supercluster{{citation needed|date=March 2025}}
| credit = 
| epoch = [[Epoch (astronomy)#Julian years and J2000|J2000]]
| constellation = 
| ra = <!-- {{RA|00|00}} -->
| dec = <!-- {{DEC|±00|00}} -->
| brightest_member = 
| member_no = 
| parent = [[Laniakea Supercluster]]
| major_axis_mpc = <!-- {{convert|000|Mpc|Mly|0|abbr=on|lk=on}} {{hub|0.00}} -->
| minor_axis_mpc = <!-- {{convert|000|Mpc|Mly|0|abbr=on|lk=on}} {{hub|0.00}} -->
| redshift = [[Doppler shift]]
| distance = <!-- {{convert|000|Mpc|Mly|0|abbr=on|lk=on}} {{hub|0.00}} -->
| mass = ~1.48 × 10<sup>15</sup><ref name="ein07" />
| luminosity_specify = 3{{e|12}} {{solar luminosity|link=yes}}<ref name="ein07" /> (total)
| flux = 
| other_names = Virgo Supercluster (old), LSC, LS
}}

The '''Local Supercluster''' ('''LSC''' or '''LS'''), or '''Virgo Supercluster''' is a formerly defined supercluster containing the [[Virgo Cluster]] and [[Local Group]], which itself contains the [[Milky Way]] and [[Andromeda Galaxy|Andromeda]] galaxies, as well as others. At least 100 [[galaxy group]]s and [[Galaxy cluster|clusters]] are located within its diameter of 33 [[Parsec|megaparsecs]] (110 million [[light-years]]). The Virgo Supercluster is one of about 10 million [[supercluster]]s in the [[observable universe]], with the main body of the supercluster, the [[Virgo Strand]], connecting the [[Hydra-Centaurus]] and the [[Perseus–Pisces Supercluster|Perseus–Pisces Superclusters]].<ref name=":1" />  The Virgo Supercluster is part of the [[Pisces–Cetus Supercluster Complex]], a [[galaxy filament]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Tully |first=R. B. |date=April 1986 |title=Alignment of clusters and galaxies on scales up to 0.1 C |url=http://adsabs.harvard.edu/doi/10.1086/164049 |journal=The Astrophysical Journal |language=en |volume=303 |pages=25 |doi=10.1086/164049 |bibcode=1986ApJ...303...25T |issn=0004-637X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Tully |first=R. Brent |date=December 1987 |title=More about clustering on a scale of 0.1 C |url=http://adsabs.harvard.edu/doi/10.1086/165803 |journal=The Astrophysical Journal |language=en |volume=323 |pages=1 |doi=10.1086/165803 |bibcode=1987ApJ...323....1T |issn=0004-637X}}</ref>

A 2014 study indicates that the Local Supercluster is only a part of an even greater supercluster, [[Laniakea Supercluster|Laniakea]], a larger group centered on the [[Great Attractor]],<ref>{{cite journal |title= The Laniakea supercluster of galaxies |author= R. Brent Tully |author2= Hélène Courtois|author-link2=Hélène Courtois|author3= Yehuda Hoffman|author4= Daniel Pomarède |date= 2 September 2014 |publication-date= 4 September 2014 |journal= Nature |volume= 513 |number= 7516 |pages= 71–73 |bibcode= 2014Natur.513...71T |arxiv= 1409.0880 |doi= 10.1038/nature13674 |pmid=25186900|s2cid= 205240232 }}</ref> thus subsuming the former Virgo Supercluster under Laniakea.