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Local Group

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Local Group

Summary

Local Group is a galaxy cluster[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of galaxy_cluster entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,367 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Local Group is credited with the discovery of Edwin Hubble[3].
  • Local Group's image is recorded as Local Group rus.png[4].
  • Local Group's instance of is recorded as galaxy cluster[5].
  • Local Group's instance of is recorded as galaxy group[6].
  • Local Group's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 234195301[7].
  • Local Group's GND ID is recorded as 4168105-8[8].
  • Local Group's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh99003795[9].
  • Local Group's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 135127707[10].
  • Local Group's IdRef ID is recorded as 050418076[11].
  • Local Group's part of is recorded as Local Sheet[12].
  • Local Group's part of is recorded as Local Volume[13].
  • Local Group's Commons category is recorded as Local Group[14].
  • Local Group's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 77180[15].
  • Local Group's has part is recorded as Large Magellanic Cloud[16].
  • Local Group's has part is recorded as Small Magellanic Cloud[17].
  • Local Group's has part is recorded as Magellanic Stream[18].
  • Local Group's has part is recorded as Andromeda II[19].
  • Local Group's has part is recorded as Milkomeda[20].
  • Local Group's has part is recorded as Q489940[21].
  • Local Group's has part is recorded as Q490334[22].
  • Local Group's has part is recorded as Q493581[23].
  • Local Group's has part is recorded as Andromeda IX[24].
  • Local Group's has part is recorded as Phoenix Dwarf[25].
  • Local Group's has part is recorded as Andromeda XXI[26].
  • Local Group's has part is recorded as Leo A[27].

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Works and Contributions

Local Group is credited with the discovery of Edwin Hubble[3].

Why It Matters

Local Group ranks in the top 2% of galaxy_cluster entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,367 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

Edwin Hubble

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Local Group. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/local-group
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_local-group_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Local Group}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/local-group}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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