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A supercluster is a collection of clusters. There is no defined amount of clusters.

A cluster could have up to 10 trillion stars, so a supercluster could contain around a quadtrillion stars.

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What is a word for what holds over a trillion stars?

A galactic supercluster.


What supercluster is the milky way is a part of?

The Virgo Supercluster, often just called the Local Supercluster


What supercluster do we live in?

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What is earth's supercluster?

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A typical supercluster contains no more than about 10000 stars?

Actually, a supercluster can contain millions to billions of stars, along with gas, dust, and dark matter. Superclusters are some of the largest known structures in the universe, made up of numerous galaxies and galaxy clusters bound together by gravity. They can span hundreds of millions of light-years.


What is a large structure containing gas dust and millions and billions of stars held together by gravity called?

That sounds like a galaxy. It could also be a galaxy cluster or a supercluster.


What is our local cluster?

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In astronomy how is a cluster different from a supercluster?

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What is composed of galaxies and clusters of galaxies?

A supercluster.


Is our local supercluster 50 million light years across?

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