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=== Local Group === | === Local Group === | ||
The Milky Way is located inside the Local Group which is 10 million light-years across.<ref name=":6" /> There are over 50 galaxies in this group | The Milky Way is located inside the Local Group which is 10 million light-years across.<ref name=":6" /> There are over 50 galaxies in this group bound together by gravity. The gravitational center is between the Milky Way and Andromeda.<ref name=":6" /> The biggest galaxy in the Local Group is Andromeda with a diameter of 220,000 light-years.<ref name=":6" /> The Milky Way is the second largest with 105,700 light-years.<ref name=":6" /> | ||
=== Visible galaxies === | === Visible galaxies === | ||