Giant Elliptical · M87

M87 — Galaxy with a Relativistic Jet

Messier 87 is a giant elliptical galaxy 53.5 million light-years away in the Virgo Cluster. At its centre lies M87* — a supermassive black hole of 6.5 billion solar masses, the first black hole ever directly imaged by the Event Horizon Tele

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