| |
M87Courtesy of The Digitized Sky Survey Elliptical galaxies, such as M87 (left), have very little gas and dust.
| |
M84, M86, and M87: three more ellipticals, in a very rich region. M87 is the centre of the Virgo Cluster, and is one of the most luminous galaxies known. M89: small elliptical, resembling M87 but fainter. M90: nice spiral in same region as M89.
| |
The first elliptical galaxy for which useful dynamical information about its core was obtained was M87, the brightest member of the Virgo galaxy cluster. Because M87 is relatively nearby and very large, its core is easily resolved.
| |
See also: Galaxy, Galaxies, Light, Cluster, Field
|