Facts about Shapley Supercluster

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   A significant portion of the Milky Way's peculiar velocity toward the Great Attractor is attributed to the gravitational influence of the Shapley Supercluster.

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   Containing dozens of rich galaxy clusters, the Shapley Supercluster is considered the largest gravitationally bound structure in the nearby universe.

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   Discovered as a major structure in the 1980s, the Shapley Supercluster lies approximately 650 million light-years from Earth.

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   Named after American astronomer Harlow Shapley, the Shapley Supercluster exerts a significant gravitational pull that influences the motion of the Milky Way.

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   The Shapley Supercluster is one of the most massive concentrations of galaxies in the observable universe, located in the direction of the constellation Centaurus.

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