Spiral galaxy M61 in Virgo

by: Jim Misti/Novapix
Reference: a-gax43-03003
Date: 2007-04-25

The SABbc spiral galaxy M61 is one of the larger galaxies in the Virgo cluster, with a core dimension some 100 000 light-years (6 arc minutes) across, comparable to the size of our own Galaxy.

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