Can anyone tell me the relationship between the Local Supercluster and the Virgo Supercluster? Are they the same thing? Is the Local Supercluster part of the Virgo Supercluster?
They're the same thing. The Local (or Virgo) Supercluster contains a few smaller clusters, namely the Local Group to which we belong and the Virgo and Coma Clusters. Maybe some other smaller ones also but I'm not sure.
The Virgo super cluster is our local super cluster it is centred on the Virgo cluster its self. The local group is a suburb of the supercluster. The virgo supercluster is made up of,
The virgo cluster, local group, sculptor group, fornax group and a few others.
