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    The Virgo Cluster is a large cluster of galaxies whose center is 53.8 ± 0.3 Mly (16.5 ± 0.1 Mpc) away in the constellation Virgo. Comprising approximately...
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    The Virgo Supercluster (Virgo SC) or the Local Supercluster (LSC or LS) is a mass concentration of galaxies containing the Virgo Cluster and Local Group...
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    Virginis (one planet). Because of the presence of a galaxy cluster (consequently called the Virgo Cluster) within its borders 5° to 12° west of ε Vir (Vindemiatrix)...
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    Messier 87 (redirect from Virgo A Galaxy)
    light-years) from Earth and is the second-brightest galaxy within the northern Virgo Cluster, having many satellite galaxies. Unlike a disk-shaped spiral galaxy...
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  • Mi Vida Local, 2018 Virgo (constellation), a constellation Virgo Cluster, a cluster of galaxies in the constellation Virgo Virgo Stellar Stream, remains...
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    clusters can themselves cluster together to form superclusters. Notable galaxy clusters in the relatively nearby Universe include the Virgo Cluster,...
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    Coma Berenices contains the northern portion of the Virgo Cluster (also known as the Coma–Virgo Cluster), about 60 million light-years away. The portion...
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    Messier 90 (category Virgo Cluster)
    away in the constellation Virgo. It was discovered by Charles Messier in 1781. Messier 90 is a member of the Virgo Cluster, being one of its largest and...
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    Supercluster (redirect from Super cluster)
    group (which contains more than 54 galaxies), which in turn is part of the Virgo Supercluster, which is part of the Laniakea Supercluster, which is part...
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    Markarian's Chain (category Virgo Cluster)
    Markarian's Chain is a stretch of galaxies that forms part of the Virgo Cluster. When viewed from Earth, the galaxies lie along a smoothly curved line...
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    being inadequate to create a feedback (in contrast to the Perseus and Virgo clusters). This is further supported by the high starburst activity of the central...
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    source. The interferometer is named after the Virgo Cluster, a cluster of about 1,500 galaxies in the Virgo constellation, about 50 million light-years...
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    Galaxies Hickson Compact Group List of Abell clusters List of galaxy superclusters Lyons Groups of Galaxies Virgo Supercluster Clavin, Whitney; Jenkins, Ann;...
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    List of galaxy groups and clusters Coma Cluster Eridanus Cluster Fornax Cluster Virgo Cluster X-ray astronomy "Norma Cluster". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic...
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    of the Virgo cluster by the Next Generation Virgo Cluster Survey team. The first ever relatively robust studies of the global properties of Virgo UCDs suggest...
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    discovery of intergalactic stars. The first to be discovered were in the Virgo cluster of galaxies, where some one trillion are now surmised to exist. The...
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    making it the second richest galaxy cluster within 100 million light-years, after the considerably larger Virgo Cluster. It may be associated with the nearby...
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    et al. (2007). "The ACS Virgo Cluster Survey. XIII. SBF Distance Catalog and the Three-dimensional Structure of the Virgo Cluster". The Astrophysical Journal...
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    Messier 61 (category Virgo Cluster)
    Swelling Spiral Galaxy) is an intermediate barred spiral galaxy in the Virgo Cluster of galaxies. It was first discovered by Barnaba Oriani on May 5, 1779...
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    Messier 86 (category Virgo Cluster)
    galaxy in the constellation Virgo. It was discovered by Charles Messier in 1781. M86 lies in the heart of the Virgo Cluster of galaxies and forms a most...
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    Messier 49 (category Virgo Cluster)
    This galaxy forms part of the smaller Virgo B subcluster 4.5° away from the dynamic center of the Virgo Cluster, centered on Messier 87. Messier 49 is...
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    Eyes Galaxies (category Virgo Cluster)
    to NGC 4435. NGC 4438 is the most curious interacting galaxy in the Virgo Cluster, due to the uncertainty surrounding the energy mechanism that heats...
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    Galaxy groups and clusters are the largest known gravitationally bound objects to have arisen thus far in the process of cosmic structure formation. They...
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    Messier 89 (category Virgo Cluster)
    galaxy in the constellation Virgo. It was discovered by Charles Messier on March 18, 1781. M89 is a member of the Virgo Cluster of galaxies. Current observations...
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    Messier 88 (category Virgo Cluster)
    Virgo Cluster of galaxies. It is galaxy number 1401 in the Virgo Cluster Catalogue (VCC) of 2096 galaxies that are candidate members of the cluster....
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    (1966), The Distribution of Intensity in Elliptical Galaxies of the Virgo Cluster. II Nieto, J.-L. et al. (1988), More isotropic oblate rotators in elliptical...
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    is one of many groups that lies within the Virgo Supercluster (the combined Local Group and Virgo cluster). The table below lists galaxies that have been...
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    Messier 100 (category Virgo Cluster)
    Coma Berenices. It is one of the brightest and largest galaxies in the Virgo Cluster and is approximately 55 million light-years from our galaxy, its diameter...
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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 is seen nearly...
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    groups and clusters Eridanus Cluster Fornax Cluster – another nearby cluster of galaxies Norma Cluster Virgo Cluster – another nearby cluster of galaxies...
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