Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Virgo (Vir)  ·  Contains:  IC 3443  ·  M 87  ·  NGC 4486  ·  Virgo Galaxy
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Supergiant elliptical galaxy M87, Shannon Calvert
Supergiant elliptical galaxy M87
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Supergiant elliptical galaxy M87

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Supergiant elliptical galaxy M87, Shannon Calvert
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Supergiant elliptical galaxy M87

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This behemoth galaxy in Virgo host several trillion stars and 15,000 globular clusters, which look like speckles around the galaxy in this image. The blue streak near the core is a jet of matter ejected from M87's 6.5 billion solar mass black hole and appears to be moving at 4-6 times the speed of light!

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Supergiant elliptical galaxy M87, Shannon Calvert