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Ursa Major Groups



A large spur of spiral galaxies on one side of the Virgo Cluster stretching across 20 million light-years. There are probably two main groups: Ursa Major North (around NGC 3631, 3953, and M109) and Ursa Major South (around NGC 3726, 3938 and 4051).


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