3D image of the extended Local Group

This is an attempt to visualize the appearance of the extended Local Group of galaxies. The galaxies are shown in supergalactic cartesian coordinate system (the axis are SGX, SGY and SGZ). Units are in kiloparsecs, which means the whole depicted box is 6.5 by 6.5 megaparsecs in area and three megaparsecs high. The supergalactic plane is shown as a grey plane across the drawing.

The location of each galaxy is depicted in two ways: if a galaxy is above the supergalactic plane, then it has a greenish line under it showing how high it is from the plane and if the galaxy is below the supergalactic plane, it has a blueish line above it showing how far below the plane the galaxy is. Each galaxy is also projected to SGX-SGY plane, SGX-SGZ plane and SGY-SGZ plane. The projection is shown with a light blue dot on the plane for galaxies under the supergalactic plane and with a light green dot for galaxies above the supergalactic plane. There is also a dark blue line connecting the galaxy to these dots. Unfortunately the density of the lines is so high in certain areas that it is difficult to distinguish them from each other. The size and shading of the galaxies is supposed to assist the 3D impression. The larger and brighter red the galaxy appears on the image, the closer it is to the viewer. Actual sizes of galaxies are so small that most of the galaxies would not be visible at all in the scale of this image.

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Galaksy codes:
L1 - WLM
L2 - IC 10
L3 - Cetus Dwarf
L4 - NGC 147
L5 - And III
L6 - NGC 185
L7 - NGC 205
L8 - And VIII
L9 - And IV
L10 - M32
L11 - Andromeda
  Galaxy
L12 - And I
L13 - SMC
L14 - And IX
L15 - Sculptor D. Sph.
L16 - Pisces Dwarf
L17 - IC 1613
L18 - And V
L19 - And II
L20 - M33
L21 - Phoenix Dwarf
L22 - Fornax D. Sph.
L23 - LMC
L24 - Carina Dwarf
L25 - Canis Major Dwarf
L26 - Leo A
L27 - Sextans B
L28 - NGC 3109
L29 - Antlia Dwarf
L30 - Leo I
L31 - Sextans A
L32 - Sextans D. Sph.
L33 - Leo II
L34 - GR 8
L35 - Ursa Minor Dwarf
L36 - Draco Dwarf
L37 - Milky Way
L38 - Sagittarius Dwarf
L39 - SagDIG
L40 - NGC 6822
L41 - Aquarius Dwarf
L42 - IC 5152
L43 - Tucana Dwarf
L44 - UKS-2323-326
L45 - And VII
L46 - Pegasus Dwarf
L47 - Pegasus D. Sph.
F11 - KKR25
F26 - IC 4662
M1 - KKH 5
M2 - KKH 6
M3 - Cassiopeia 1
M4 - KKH 11
M5 - KKH 12
M6 - MB1
M7 - Maffei 1
M8 - MB2
M9 - Maffei 2
M10 - Dwingeloo 2
M11 - MB3
M12 - Dwingeloo 1
M13 - KK 35
M14 - IC 342
M15 - UGCA 86
M16 - Camelopardalis A
M17 - NGC 1569
M18 - UGCA 92
M19 - NGC 1560
M20 - Camelopardalis B
M21 - UGCA 105
M22 - KKH 34
M23 - KKH 37
M24 - NGC 2366
M25 - DDO 44
M26 - NGC 2403
M27 - Cassiopeia D. Sph.
S1 - Sculptor D. Sph.
S2 - NGC 55
S3 - ESO 410-005G
S4 - NGC 59
S5 - Scl-dE1 (SC22)
S6 - ESO 294-010
S8 - NGC 247
S9 - NGC 253
S10 - ESO 540-030
S11 - ESO 540-031
S12 - ESO 540-032
S13 - NGC 300
S14 - ESO 295-029
S15 - NGC 625
S16 - ESO 245-005
S17 - KK 258
S18 - UGCA 438
S19 - ESO 471-006
S21 - NGC 7793