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The first quantitative evidence for a large scale density excess or “metagalactic cloud” including the Local Group was obtained by Holmberg (1937) and confirmed by Reiz (1941). The present concept of the Local Supercluster (LSC) as a flattened aggregate of field galaxies, small groups and larger clouds centered at the Virgo cluster was formulated 25 years ago (de Vaucouleurs 1953) even before large-scale superclustering was recognized as a general phenomenon. See review papers in Vistas in Astronomy (1956), Soviet Astronomy (1960), Science (1970), Publ. Astron. Soc. Pacific (1971), and IAU Symp. No. 63 (Abell 1974).

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de Vaucouleurs, G., Tully, R.B., Fisher, J.R. (1978). The Local Supercluster. In: Longair, M.S., Einasto, J. (eds) The Large Scale Structure of the Universe. International Astronomical Union / Union Astronomique Internationale, vol 79. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-9843-8_22

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