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M84 is an elliptical galaxy of type E1 and a member of the large Virgo Cluster of galaxies. There are also some suggestions that it is actually a face-on lenticular galaxy.

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English: M84 is an elliptical galaxy of type E1 and a member of the large Virgo Cluster of galaxies. There are also some suggestions that it is actually a face-on lenticular galaxy. Lenticulars, type S0, are mostly smooth and featureless, like elliptical galaxies, but have a significant amount of dust and often some disk-like component, similar to the disk of a spiral galaxy without the arms. M84 contains a small central active region, with two oppositely directed jets visible at radio wavelengths. This image was taken at the KPNO 0.9-meter telescope in December 1996. The Virgo cluster also includes Messier galaxies M49, M58, M59, M60, M61, M85, M86, M87, M88, M89, M90, M91, M98, M99, and M100.
Date 30 June 2020, 21:33:00 (upload date)
Source M84, NGC 4374
Author NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
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