The Virgo Cluster
The Virgo Cluster with its some 2000 member galaxies dominates our intergalactic neighborhood. This giant agglomeration of galaxies is the nearest big cluster of galaxies, the largest proven structure in our intergalactic neighborhood, and the most remote cosmic objects with a physical connection to our own small group of galaxies, the Local Group, including our Milky Way galaxy. It represents the physical center of our Local Supercluster, and influences all the galaxies and galaxy groups by the gravitational attraction of its enormous mass.