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Diameter of Laniakea supercluster of galaxies

Diameter of Laniakea supercluster of galaxies (4.92 sextillion km)

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Diameter of Laniakea supercluster of galaxies (4.92 sextillion km)

  • is 200 x Distance to Triangulum galaxy (24.98 quintillion km)...more
  • is 200 x Distance to Andromeda (closest large galaxy to the Milky Way) (24.22 quintillion km)...more

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