English

Proper noun

Local Volume

1. (astronomy, cosmology) the volume of space around the Milky Way Galaxy out to a distance of approximately 10 megaparsecs or 35 million lightyears away or out to a cosmological redshift recessional radial velocity of 550km/s or z<0.002

Related terms

• Local Fluff / Local Interstellar Cloud
• Local Bubble
• Local Arm
• Local Group
• Local Supercluster
• Local Wall / Local Filament
• Local Void