Spiral Galaxy · M88

M88 — NGC 4501

M88 is one of the brightest galaxies in the Virgo Cluster, a tightly wound spiral about 47 million light-years away in Coma Berenices. Like M86, it shows a modest blueshift — it is moving toward us because of its motion within the Virgo Clu

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