Image: Hubble sees a fascinating galactic core
Monday, June 8, 2015 - 05:30
in Astronomy & Space
This elliptical galaxy was discovered in March 1781 and lies about 60 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation of Virgo (The Virgin). The galaxy is part of the very heavily populated center of the Virgo Cluster, a cluster which consists of more than 1,000 galaxies.