Messier 85
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Messier 85 is a lenticular galaxy, or elliptical galaxy for other authors, in the Coma Berenices constellation. It is 60 million light-years away, and has a diameter of about 36.99 kiloparsecs across.
Galaxy Messier 85 by Hubble Space Telescope
Virgo Cluster
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The Virgo Cluster is a cluster of galaxies whose center is 53.8 ± 0.3 Mly away in the Virgo constellation. Comprising approximately 1,300 member galaxies, the cluster forms the heart of the larger Vir
Messier 85
…and has a diameter of about 36.99 kiloparsecs (120,600 light-years) across. Pierre Méchain discovered M85 in 1781. It is within the outskirts of the Virgo Cluster, and is relatively isolated. M85 is extremely poor in neutral hydrogen and has a very complex outer structure with shells and ripples that are thought…
The southern portion of the Virgo Cluster as imaged by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in very high resolution, taken on June 5, 2025.
Turbulence may prevent galaxy clusters from cooling (Chandra X-ray).
Photograph of the Virgo Cluster, a few degrees around M86, with labelled galaxies
Virgo Supercluster