Heart of the Virgo cluster of galaxies

by: J.Lodriguss/Novapix
Reference: a-amg02-00055
Date: 2006-05-08

M86 and M84 are two giant lenticular galaxies at the heart of the Virgo cluster of galaxies. NGC 4438, a spiral galaxy at the left of the photo, appears to be distorted by an interaction with nearby NGC 4435. 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

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