Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Virgo (Vir)  ·  Contains:  M 87  ·  NGC 4476  ·  NGC 4478  ·  NGC 4486
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M87 - Virgo A - NGC 4486 - Supergiant Elliptical Galaxy (core enlarged), Martin Junius
M87 - Virgo A - NGC 4486 - Supergiant Elliptical Galaxy (core enlarged)
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M87 - Virgo A - NGC 4486 - Supergiant Elliptical Galaxy (core enlarged)

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M87 - Virgo A - NGC 4486 - Supergiant Elliptical Galaxy (core enlarged), Martin Junius
M87 - Virgo A - NGC 4486 - Supergiant Elliptical Galaxy (core enlarged)
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M87 - Virgo A - NGC 4486 - Supergiant Elliptical Galaxy (core enlarged)

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M87 aka Virgo A aka NGC 4486, a supergiant elliptical galaxy in Virgo. Recently, in April 2019, the Event Horizon Telescope project published the first direct image of (the shadow of) the supermassive black hole at the center. The cutout shows the blueish plasma jet emitted from the central black hole.

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