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Bookmark or Share- Virgo cluster | Distant Galaxies, Superclusters & EllipticalsVirgo cluster, the closest large cluster of galaxies. The Virgo cluster is located at a distance of about 5 × 10 7 light-years in the direction of the constellation Virgo. More than 2,000 galaxies reside in the Virgo cluster, scattered in various subclusters whose largest concentration (near the famous system M87 [ Virgo A ]) is about 5 × 10 ...
- All about the Virgo Supercluster - Astronomy MagazineAll about the Virgo Supercluster. Our local supercluster spans 10 times the diameter of the Local Group, gathering smaller groups and clusters of galaxies together into a galactic megacity. By...
- The Virgo Supercluster: Our 100,000 closest galaxiesFrom the August 2019 issue. The Virgo Supercluster: Our 100,000 closest galaxies. Small groups combine with larger clusters to form a vast network of interconnected galaxies that spans 110...
- Hubble Views A Vibrant Virgo Cluster Galaxy - NASA ScienceGoddard Space Flight Center. Oct 02, 2023. Article. It’s easy to get swept up in the swirling starry arms of this intermediate spiral galaxy, NGC 4654, in the constellation Virgo. The galaxy has a bright center and is labeled “intermediate” because it has characteristics of both unbarred and barred spirals.
- Observations of a Virgo Cluster Galaxy Yields Accurate Universe ...Oct. 26, 1994. Observations of a remote galaxy in the Virgo cluster by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Wide Field and Planetary Camer on board NASA's Hubble Space Telescope -- have yielded the most accurate estimate yet of the distance to that galaxy and the rate at which the universe is expanding. Observations of a remote galaxy in the Virgo ...
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