This image may not be used to state or imply NOAO endorsement of any company or product Optical photograph of M86 (NGC 4406), an elliptical galaxy (ty

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This image may not be used to state or imply NOAO endorsement of any company or product Optical photograph of M86 (NGC 4406), an elliptical galaxy (type E3) in the constellation of Virgo. M86 is one of the brightest members of the Virgo Cluster of galaxies, which lies around 50 million light years away and contains over a thousand galaxies.

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Keywords: 4406, astronomy, cosmology, elliptical, galactic, galaxy, m86, member, ngc, science, virgo