Elliptical Galaxy · M89

M89 — NGC 4552

M89 is a nearly perfectly spherical elliptical galaxy in the Virgo Cluster, about 58 million light-years away. It is one of the most symmetrical known galaxies. It hosts a low-luminosity active galactic nucleus and has a very complex outer

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