This image may not be used to state or imply ROE endorsement of any company or product Optical image of part of the Virgo cluster of galaxies. The Vir

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This image may not be used to state or imply ROE endorsement of any company or product Optical image of part of the Virgo cluster of galaxies. The Virgo cluster is the nearest major cluster of galaxies to our Local Group & lies some 50 million light years away. It consists of about 1000 galaxies spread across a region 10 million light years wide. The image shows several elliptical & spiral galaxies, but the field is dominated by the giant elliptical galaxies M86 (NGC 4406) at centre & M84 (NGC 4374) at centre right. The photograph was taken using the UK Schmidt Telescope in Australia.

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Keywords: 4374, 4406, astronomy, cluster, cosmology, elliptical, galactic, galaxies, galaxy, group, kingdom, m84, m86, ngc, science, united, virgo