Galaxies of the Virgo Cluster: A Telescopic View

Posted: 2025-04-19 09:40:54 UTC

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This image captures galaxies within the Virgo Cluster, approximately 50 million light-years away, showcasing bright elliptical galaxies like M87, M86, and M84, along with Markarian's Chain and the interacting galaxies NGC 4438 and NGC 4435 (Markarian's Eyes). M87, home to a supermassive black hole imaged by the Event Horizon Telescope, dominates the cluster.

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Virgo Cluster as the closest large galaxy cluster

Identification of bright elliptical galaxies (M87, M86, M84)

Markarian's Chain and Markarian's Eyes (NGC 4438 and NGC 4435)

M87's supermassive black hole and its imaging

Galaxies of the Virgo Cluster: A Telescopic View

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