<P> The Local Group is the galaxy group that includes the Milky Way . The Local Group comprises more than 54 galaxies, most of them dwarf galaxies . Between 1 billion and 1 trillion years from now, they will collide and form a single galaxy . Its gravitational center is located somewhere between the Milky Way and the Andromeda Galaxy . The Local Group has a diameter of 10 Mly (3.1 Mpc) (about 10 meters) and has a binary (dumbbell) distribution . The group itself is a part of the larger Virgo Supercluster, which may be a part of the Laniakea Supercluster . </P> <P> The three largest members of the group (in decreasing order) are the Andromeda Galaxy, the Milky Way and the Triangulum Galaxy . The larger two of these spiral galaxies each have their own system of satellite galaxies . </P>

The local group of galaxies to which our galaxy belongs is known as