The heart of the Coma-Virgo galaxy cluster known as Markarian’s Chain.

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The heart of the Coma-Virgo galaxy cluster known as Markarian’s Chain, with bright M84 and M86 at right of centre and M87 at lower left. The rest of the chain and group are made of fainter NGC and IC galaxies.

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