Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A very large group of galaxies.
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- noun A very large, extended
cluster ofgalaxies .
Etymologies
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super- + galaxy
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Some clusters like the nearby Coma Cluster have two of these monster size galaxies that have yet to coalesce into an even larger supergalaxy.
New Hubble Release: Dramatic Galaxy Collision | Universe Today 2009
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