Submitted by Steel-Rains t3_11jsqkl in askscience
Heittovaihtotiedosto t1_jb6gf03 wrote
Reply to comment by morningcoffee1 in Hello there; I’ve got a question for the astronomers: how sparse is our local cluster? by Steel-Rains
”30-35 galaxies”
Why is there a range? Is our own galaxy blocking the view and we can’t be certain what is out there, or is it a matter of definition or consensus on what galaxies are considered part of the local group?
morningcoffee1 t1_jb6sbml wrote
Yes exactly, our Milky Way blocks a lot of the view. Plus most of them are irregular and small (compared to our Milky Way at least) and then it's easy for things to "get lost"
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