The Extended Local Group of Galaxies
This is an attempt to visualize the appearance of the Extended Local
Group of galaxies. The galaxies are shown in
supergalactic cartesian
coordinate system (the axis are SGX, SGY, and SGZ). Units are in
kiloparsecs, which means the whole
depicted box is 6.5 by 6.5 megaparsecs in area and three megaparsecs high.
The supergalactic plane is
shown as a grey plane across the drawing.
The location of each galaxy is depicted in two ways: if a galaxy is
above the supergalactic plane, then it has a greenish line under it
showing how high it is from the plane and if the galaxy is below the
supergalactic plane, it has a blueish line above it showing how
far below the plane the galaxy is. Each galaxy is also projected to
SGX-SGY plane, SGX-SGZ plane, and SGY-SGZ plane. The projection is
shown with a light blue dot on the plane for galaxies under the supergalactic
plane and with a light green dot for galaxies above the supergalactic plane.
There is also a dark blue line connecting the galaxy to these dots.
Unfortunately the density of the lines is so high in certain areas that it
is difficult to distinguish them from each other. The size and shading of the
galaxies is supposed to assist the 3D impression. The larger and brighter red
the galaxy appears on the image, the closer it is to the viewer. Actual sizes
of galaxies are so small that most of the galaxies would not be visible at
all in this image.
Galaxy numbering:
L1 - WLM | L2 - IC 10 | L3 - Cetus Dwarf | L4 - NGC 147 |
L5 - And III | L6 - NGC 185 | L7 - NGC 205 | L8 - And VIII |
L9 - And IV | L10 - M32 | L11 - Andromeda Galaxy | L12 - And I |
L13 - SMC | L14 - And IX | L15 - Sculptor D. Sph. | L16 - Pisces Dwarf |
L17 - IC 1613 | L18 - And V | L19 - And II | L20 - M33 |
L21 - Phoenix Dwarf | L22 - Fornax D. Sph. | L23 - LMC | L24 - Carina Dwarf |
L25 - Canis Major Dwarf | L26 - Leo A | L27 - Sextans B | L28 - NGC 3109 |
L29 - Antlia Dwarf | L30 - Leo I | L31 - Sextans A | L32 - Sextans D. Sph. |
L33 - Leo II | L34 - GR 8 | L35 - Ursa Minor Dwarf | L36 - Draco Dwarf |
L37 - Milky Way | L38 - Sagittarius Dwarf | L39 - SagDIG | L40 - NGC 6822 |
L41 - Aquarius Dwarf | L42 - IC 5152 | L43 - Tucana Dwarf | L44 - UKS-2323-326 |
L45 - And VII | L46 - Pegasus Dwarf | L47 - Pegasus D. Sph. |
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F11 - KKR25 | F26 - IC 4662 |
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M1 - KKH 5 | M2 - KKH 6 | M3 - Cassiopeia 1 | M4 - KKH 11 |
M5 - KKH 12 | M6 - MB1 | M7 - Maffei 1 | M8 - MB2 |
M9 - Maffei 2 | M10 - Dwingeloo 2 | M11 - MB3 | M12 - Dwingeloo 1 |
M13 - KK 35 | M14 - IC 342 | M15 - UGCA 86 | M16 - Camelopardalis A |
M17 - NGC 1569 | M18 - UGCA 92 | M19 - NGC 1560 | M20 - Camelopardalis B |
M21 - UGCA 105 | M22 - KKH 34 | M23 - KKH 37 | M24 - NGC 2366 |
M25 - DDO 44 | M26 - NGC 2403 | M27 - Cassiopeia D. Sph. |
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S1 - Sculptor D. Sph. | S2 - NGC 55 | S3 - ESO 410-005G | S4 - NGC 59 |
S5 - Scl-dE1 (SC22) | S6 - ESO 294-010 |
| S8 - NGC 247 |
S9 - NGC 253 | S10 - ESO 540-030 | S11 - ESO 540-031 | S12 - ESO 540-032 |
S13 - NGC 300 | S14 - ESO 295-029 | S15 - NGC 625 | S16 - ESO 245-005 |
S17 - KK 258 | S18 - UGCA 438 | S19 - ESO 471-006 |
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S21 - NGC 7793 |
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Galaxies L1-L47 are Local Group galaxies, F11 and F26 field galaxies,
M1-M27 Maffei Group galaxies, and S1-S21 Sculptor Group galaxies.