The Ursa Major cluster redefined as a `supergroup'
  We identify gravitationally bound structures in the Ursa Major region using
positions, velocities and photometry from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS
DR7) and the Third Reference Catalogue of Bright Galaxies (RC3). A
friends-of-friends algorithm is extensively tested on mock galaxy lightcones
and then implemented on the real data to determine galaxy groups whose members
are likely to be physically and dynamically associated with one another. We
find several galaxy groups within the region that are likely bound to one
another and in the process of merging. We classify 6 galaxy groups as the Ursa
Major `supergroup', which are likely to merge and form a poor cluster with a
mass of ~8x10^13 Msun. Furthermore, the Ursa Major supergroup as a whole is
likely bound to the Virgo cluster, which will eventually form an even larger
system in the context of hierarchical structure formation. [abridged]
