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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 6084. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Galaxies, Individual Galaxies

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M84 is a lenticular galaxy in Virgo at a distance of approximately 60 million light-years. It is populated by old yellow stars and has a system of globular clusters (much less dense than that of M87). It also has a rapidly rotating nuclear gas disk and hosts an AGN (active galactic nucleus) that is most likely powered by a supermassive (3108 solar masses) central object. This object emits two sma...

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