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See how many galaxies you can identify

The Virgo cluster at a distance of 59 million light years is composed of between 1300 to 2000 member galaxies. the largest member is the giant elliptical galaxy M87. M87 has an unusually huge population (perhaps the greatest known around any one galaxy) of globular clusters - 12,000.

M87 has a 'jet' of matter 5000 light years long being ejected from it's core thought to be caused by the supermassive black hole at it's center.

4-19-2007