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    Messier 87 (redirect from NGC 4486)
    Messier 87 (also known as Virgo A or NGC 4486, generally abbreviated to M87) is a supergiant elliptical galaxy in the constellation Virgo that contains...
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    than stars found in spiral galaxies. 3C 244.1 M49 (NGC 4472) M59 (NGC 4621) M60 (NGC 4649) M87 (NGC 4486), whose supermassive black hole was the first black...
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    galaxies, 1949 — J. G. Bolton, G. J. Stanley, and O. B. Slee identify NGC 4486 (M87) and NGC 5128 as extragalactic radio sources. 1953 — Gérard de Vaucouleurs...
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    right/bottom): NGC 7541, NGC 3021, NGC 5643, NGC 3254, NGC 3147, NGC 105, NGC 2608, NGC 3583, NGC 3147, MRK 1337, NGC 5861, NGC 2525, NGC 1015, UGC 9391, NGC 691...
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  • This is a list of NGC objects 4001–5000 from the New General Catalogue (NGC). The astronomical catalogue is composed mainly of star clusters, nebulae...
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    though some sources suggest that the object Méchain observed was the galaxy NGC 5866 and identify that as M102. Messier's final catalogue was included in...
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  • the supergiant elliptical galaxy Messier 87 (also known as Virgo A or NGC 4486). M87* is the first supermassive black hole photographed by the Event Horizon...
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    contains the nearby galaxy NGC 7033. NGC 7034 was discovered by astronomer Albert Marth on September 17, 1863. NGC 4486 (M87) List of NGC objects (7001–7840)...
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    (Rowan-Robinson 1985); Malin 2 (McGaugh and Bothun 1994); NGC 1275 and NGC 7252 (where D = v0/75.0 Mpc); and NGC 4676, 3C 273, A1795#1, Arp 220, Cygnus A (where...
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    NGC 4473, NGC 4474, NGC 4486, NGC 4494, NGC 4526, NGC 4564, NGC 4649, NGC 4697, NGC 5846, NGC 7457. The bonus galaxies are NGC 3607, NGC 4594 and NGC...
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