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Virgo A

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Virgo A [′vər·gō ′ā]
(astronomy)
A radio galaxy; it is associated with the galaxy M 87 (NGC 4486).


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However, astronomers have calculated the relative distance of clusters that lie much farther away, using the distance between Earth and Virgo as their unit of measure.
Because astronomers often use the distance to Virgo as a yardstick for assessing the distance of objects farther out in the universe, the new finding indicates that such objects may lie much closer to Earth, McClure says.
 
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