Messier 87

Чт, Февраль 20, 2025 - 8:30 / Категория: astronet

Enormous elliptical galaxy
Messier 87
is about 50 million light-years away.

Also known as NGC 4486, the giant galaxy holds
trillions of stars compared to the mere billions of stars in our
large spiral Milky Way.

M87 reigns as the large central elliptical galaxy in the
Virgo galaxy cluster.

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