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The Milky Way is part of the Virgo Supercluster.
The Virgo Supercluster, often just called the Local Supercluster
Until now, the Milky Way was believed to be one galaxy in the 2,000 that make up what's known as the Virgo "supercluster".
Virgo Supercluster
The Milky Way is part of the Local Group, which is part of the Virgo Supercluster.
The Solar System contains the Earth-Moon system. The Milky Way galaxy contains the Solar System. The Virgo supercluster contains the Milky Way galaxy. The Universe contains the Virgo supercluster.
The Virgo Supercluster (in which the Milky Way is located) is about 200 million light years across.
The Earth is 93,000,000 miles from the Sun, on the edge of the Milky Way galaxy, in the Virgo supercluster.
In 1918 he used Cepheid variables to estimate the size of the Milky Way. The Shapley Supercluster of galaxies is named after him as well.
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the milky way is just the name of our galaxy, there isn't really a "milky way"