Local Group

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Coined by American astronomer Edwin Hubble in 1936.

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Local Group

  1. (astronomy) The small cluster of galaxies that contains the Milky Way Galaxy; includes Andromeda, Triangulum, the Large Magellanic Cloud, Small Magellanic Cloud and others.

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