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Bookmark or Share- Messier 87 - WikipediaMessier 87 (also known as Virgo A or NGC 4486, generally abbreviated to M87) is a supergiant elliptical galaxy in the constellation Virgo that contains several trillion stars.
- First Image of a Black Hole - NASA ScienceThe supermassive black hole imaged by the EHT is located in the center of the elliptical galaxy M87, located about 55 million light years from Earth. This image was captured by FORS2 on ESO's Very Large Telescope.
- M87* One Year Later: Proof of a Persistent Black Hole ShadowThis object, M87*, lies at the heart of the giant elliptical galaxy Messier 87, 55 million light years away from Earth. The image of the black hole revealed a bright circular ring, brighter in the southern part of the ring.
- New, detailed images of the M87* black hole - MIT Haystack ObservatoryIn 2017, the EHT took the first image of a black hole. This object, M87*, is the beating heart of the giant elliptical galaxy Messier 87 and lives 55 million light years away from Earth. The image of the black hole revealed a bright circular ring, brighter in the southern part of the ring.
- M87 | Black Hole, Distance, & Facts | BritannicaM87, giant elliptical galaxy in the constellation Virgo whose nucleus contains a black hole, the first ever to be directly imaged. M87 is the most powerful known source of radio energy among the thousands of galactic systems constituting the so-called Virgo Cluster.
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