Elliptical Galaxy · M86

M86 — NGC 4406

M86 is one of the brightest galaxies in the Virgo Cluster, forming a striking visual pair with M84. Remarkably, M86 is one of the very few Messier galaxies that shows a blueshift — it is actually moving toward us at about 244 km/s, rather t

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