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> Central portion of the Virgo galaxy cluster

Central portion of the Virgo galaxy cluster

author: S.Guisard/Novapix

reference: a-amg02-00058

Image Size 300 DPI: 29 * 19 cm

Galaxies M84 (NGC 4374) et M86 (NGC 4406), upper left corner of this image and the elliptical galaxy M87, center right. The Virgo cluster is at about 70 million light years from Earth and contains approximately 2000 galaxies.

Keywords for this photo:

ASTRONOMY - ELLIPTICAL GALAXY - GALAXY - GALAXY CLUSTER - LENTICULAR GALAXY - M84 - M86 - M87 - NGC 4374 - NGC 4387 - NGC 4388 - NGC 4402 - NGC 4406 - NGC 4413 - NGC 4425 - NGC 4438 - NGC 4461 - NGC 4473 - NGC 4476 - NGC 4478 - NGC 4486 - SPIRAL GALAXY - STAR - VIRGO - VIRGO CLUSTER -