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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 6060. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Galaxies, Individual Galaxies

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M60 is a giant elliptical galaxy in the Virgo cluster (see also the mention under M59). It has a diameter of 120 000 light-years and an intrinsic luminosity of about 60 million solar luminosities. M60 contains around 5100 globular clusters (for comparison the Milky Way has about 150). These clusters have been studied intensively since they are very interesting for the formation history of ellipti...

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