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Virgo season is here — and the constellation Virgo holds some of the most dazzling treasures in the sky. Here are a few cosmic wonders captured by
@hubbleesa and
@esawebb that call Virgo home:
1. NGC 4535: Known as the “Lost Galaxy”, this barred spiral glows with both hot young stars and cooler ancient ones.
2. NGC 4298 & NGC 4302: A galactic duo caught mid-zoom.
3. M87: A giant elliptical galaxy, home to trillions of stars, 13 000 star clusters, and a jet from its central black hole blasting near light-speed.
4. Arp 274 (NGC 5679): Three galaxies caught in a cosmic close encounter, two of them bursting with newborn stars.
5. 3C 273: The first quasar ever identified — brighter than whole galaxies, and still the brightest quasar in our skies.
6. NGC 5775: A thin, edge-on spiral showing off a halo of hot gas — a galactic fountain driven by star formation.
7. NGC 5068: A barred spiral where Webb has peered through dust to witness stars for...