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Nov 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000eaa..booke6086.&link_type=abstract

"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 6086. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Galaxies, Individual Galaxies

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M86 is a lenticular or elliptical (classification is not entirely clear) galaxy in Virgo, one of the largest in the Virgo cluster. It has a conspicuous system of faint globular clusters and a very small dwarf companion. Since it lies at the heart of the Virgo cluster, its light is actually blue-shifted with respect to us (i.e. the galaxy is moving towards us), probably due to infall into the Virg...

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