Local (astronomy)

Locality in astronomy is used to tell the closeness of the observer relative to the observed astronomical phenomenon under consideration, and thus in practice the relative closeness of the phenomenon to the star system of the Sun.

The Local Interstellar Cloud containing the Solar System, roughly 30 light years across
The Local Bubble of gas in turn containing it, 300 light years or more across
The Local Arm, a.k.a. the Orion Arm (of the Milky Way galaxy), 3,500 light years wide, and approximately 10,000 long
The Local Group, the group of galaxies that contains the Milky Way, 10 million light-years across
The Local Supercluster or Virgo Supercluster, 110 million light-years across

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Local (astronomy)

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