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== Norma Wall == [[File:Great Attractor and Norma Wall.jpg|thumb|View of the region of the Great Attractor, with Pavo II, Norma, Cen-Crux and the CIZA J1324.7-5736 clusters forming the Norma Wall.]] A massive [[galaxy filament]], called the Norma Wall (also called Great Attractor Wall<ref name=":6">{{Cite journal |last1=Jarrett |first1=T. H. |last2=Koribalski |first2=B. S. |last3=Kraan-Korteweg |first3=R. C. |last4=Woudt |first4=P. A. |last5=Whitney |first5=B. A. |last6=Meade |first6=M. R. |last7=Babler |first7=B. |last8=Churchwell |first8=E. |last9=Benjamin |first9=R. A. |last10=Indebetouw |first10=R. |date=March 2007 |title=Discovery of Two Galaxies Deeply Embedded in the Great Attractor Wall |url=https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1086/510668 |journal=The Astronomical Journal |language=en |volume=133 |issue=3 |pages=979โ986 |arxiv=astro-ph/0611397 |bibcode=2007AJ....133..979J |doi=10.1086/510668 |issn=0004-6256 |s2cid=5930404}}</ref>) is located at the center of the supposed position of the Great Attractor. The Norma Wall contains the clusters [[PavoโIndus Supercluster|Pavo II]], [[Norma Cluster|Norma]], [[Centaurus-Crux Cluster|Centaurus-Crux]] and [[CIZA J1324.7โ5736]]. The most massive cluster in this region is the Norma supercluster.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Woudt |first1=P. A. |last2=Kraan-Korteweg |first2=R. C. |last3=Lucey |first3=J. |last4=Fairall |first4=A. P. |last5=Moore |first5=S. A. W. |date=2008-01-01 |title=The Norma cluster (ACO 3627) - I. A dynamical analysis of the most massive cluster in the Great Attractor |journal=Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society |volume=383 |issue=2 |pages=445โ457 |doi=10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.12571.x |doi-access=free |issn=0035-8711|arxiv=0706.2227 |bibcode=2008MNRAS.383..445W }}</ref> Later studies found that the wall continues over to the constellations of Centaurus and Vela.<ref name=":6" />
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