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Virgo III

Virgo III is host to 75 large galaxies. It is at RA= 13h 30m — 15h 20m Dec= -5 — +10 deg. It is approximately 65–85 million light years away and is part of the cluster Virgo, Laniakea Supercluster. The images above are HST images available on NED and NASA’s space telescope website.

virgo III
Credit: Atlas of the Universe: R. Powell
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