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    The Virgo Stellar Stream, also known as Virgo Overdensity, is the proposed name for a stellar stream in the constellation of Virgo which was discovered...
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  • Local, 2018 Virgo (constellation), a constellation Virgo Cluster, a cluster of galaxies in the constellation Virgo Virgo Stellar Stream, remains of a...
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    formation and evolution Stellar kinematics Milky Way Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy Monoceros Ring Virgo Stellar Stream "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic...
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    This is a list of stellar streams. A stellar stream is an association of stars orbiting a galaxy. It was once a globular cluster or dwarf galaxy that...
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    tentatively named the Virgo Stellar Stream and is found in the direction of Virgo about 30,000 light-years (9 kpc) away. In addition to the stellar halo, the Chandra...
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  • Sagittarius Stream is a stream of stars in polar orbit around the Milky Way leeched from the Sagittarius Dwarf. The Virgo Stellar Stream is a stream of stars...
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    Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy, and possibly the Magellanic Clouds. The Virgo Stellar Stream is thought to be the remains of a dwarf galaxy that has been mostly...
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  • Lists of astronomical objects Local Group Milky Way Galaxy Supercluster Virgo Supercluster Local Group List of largest galaxies List of nearest galaxies...
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    Local Group (category Virgo Supercluster)
    to consist of a stellar stream torn from the Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy Virgo Strem, a steam formed from a dwarf galaxy. Helni Stream The galaxies of the...
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    Star (redirect from Stellar radius)
    manifested as the stellar wind, which streams from the outer layers as electrically charged protons and alpha and beta particles. A steady stream of almost massless...
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    Messier 86 (category Virgo Cluster)
    with a total number of around 3,800. Its halo also has a number of stellar streams interpreted as remnants of dwarf galaxies that have been disrupted...
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    Messier 87 (redirect from Virgo A Galaxy)
    Messier 87 (also known as Virgo A or NGC 4486, generally abbreviated to M87) is a supergiant elliptical galaxy in the constellation Virgo that contains several...
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    M59-UCD3 the second densest known galaxy. Based on stellar orbital velocities, two UCD in the Virgo Cluster are claimed to have supermassive black holes...
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    with kilonovae and short-duration gamma-ray bursts. In 2017, the LIGO and Virgo interferometer sites observed GW170817, the first direct detection of gravitational...
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    Astronomy (redirect from Stellar astronomy)
    11 February 2016. B.P. Abbott; et al. (LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration) (2016). "Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary...
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    Spring Triangle (category Virgo (constellation))
    Spica, and Regulus. This triangle connects the constellations of Boötes, Virgo, and Leo. It is visible in the evening rising in the southeastern sky of...
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    dwarf elliptical galaxies Toloba, E. et al. (2015), Stellar Kinematics and Structural Properties of Virgo Cluster Dwarf Early-type Galaxies from the SMAKCED...
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    Eyes Galaxies (category Virgo (constellation))
    pair of galaxies about 52 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo. The pair are members of the string of galaxies known as Markarian's Chain...
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    NGC 4216 (category Virgo Cluster)
    metal-rich intermediate spiral galaxy located not far from the center of the Virgo Cluster of galaxies, roughly 55 million light-years away. It was discovered...
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    Wild's Triplet (category Virgo (constellation))
    PGC 36742) are visible in the constellation Virgo. Two of the galaxies have a connecting stellar stream, probably formed as a result of gravitational...
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    light-years (10,000 pc) in diameter. Other details, such as possible stellar streams and formation regions, are revealed as well. The same authors also...
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  • only a 20% probability of realization. Kardashev advises to observe the Virgo cluster (especially M87) and other clusters in a similar way as in the first...
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  • derive the combined mass of the group by using the virial theorem. Virgo Supercluster (Virgo SC) weak-line star A reference to the faintness of the spectral...
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    "Furrow" became Virgo, "Pabilsag" Sagittarius, "Great One" Aquarius, "Swallow Tail" Pisces and "Farm Worker" was reinterpreted as Aries. Virgo, and her main...
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    NGC 4651 (category Virgo Cluster)
    born in the event that produced the mentioned stellar streams. Unlike most spiral galaxies of the Virgo Cluster, NGC 4651 is rich in neutral hydrogen...
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    known as Collinder 285 and the Ursa Major association, is the closest stellar moving group – a set of stars with common velocities in space and thought...
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    NGC 4328 (category Virgo Cluster)
    dwarf early-type galaxies - I. Spatially resolved stellar populations and internal kinematics of Virgo cluster dE/dS0 galaxies". Monthly Notices of the...
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    a complex group of galaxies in the constellations Hydra, Centaurus, and Virgo. The group may be roughly divided into two subgroups. The Cen A Subgroup...
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    interacting with it. NGC 4651, about the size of the Milky Way, has tidal stellar streams gravitationally stripped from a smaller, satellite galaxy. It is about...
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    Galaxy (M33). The LMC is classified as a Magellanic spiral. It contains a stellar bar that is geometrically off-center, suggesting that it was once a barred...
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