A Council of Giants
@article{McCall2014ACO, title={A Council of Giants}, author={Marshall L. McCall}, journal={Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society}, year={2014}, volume={440}, pages={405-426} }
Distances and near-infrared luminosities of the brightest galaxies in the Local Volume have been re-evaluated in order to gain a fully homogeneous collection of data for elucidating the framework of the Local Sheet and its relevance to Local Group evolution. It is demonstrated that the Local Sheet is both geometrically and dynamically distinct from the Local Supercluster and that the evolution of the Sheet and Local Group were probably interconnected. The Sheet is inclined by 8° with respect to…
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