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Central part of the Virgo cluster of galaxies

author: R.Gendler/Novapix

reference: a-amg02-00053

Image Size 300 DPI: 33 * 22 cm

Image of the central portion of the great Virgo/Coma cluster including Markarians chain. Located about 70 million light years away, The Virgo cluster is a gigantic collection of several thousand galaxies that dominate our local part of the universe.

Keywords for this photo:

ASTRONOMY - ELLIPTICAL GALAXY - GALAXY - GALAXY CLUSTER - LENTICULAR GALAXY - M84 - M86 - M87 - M88 - M89 - M90 - M91 - NGC 4374 - NGC 4387 - NGC 4388 - NGC 4402 - NGC 4406 - NGC 4413 - NGC 4425 - NGC 4438 - NGC 4461 - NGC 4473 - NGC 4476 - NGC 4477 - NGC 4478 - NGC 4486 - NGC 4501 - NGC 4548 - NGC 4552 - NGC 4569 - SPIRAL GALAXY - STAR - VIRGO - VIRGO CLUSTER -