supergiant elliptical

() Another name for cD galaxy. See clusters of galaxies; galaxies.

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Perhaps the most famous supergiant elliptical galaxy of all is M87, lying near the center of the Virgo Cluster.

Monsters in the dark: despite their size, there's no need to fear giant elliptical and cD galaxies: Perseus Cluster

The bright, supergiant elliptical galaxy has a black hole weighing more than 6 billion suns.

Black hole's veil peeled back to reveal bases of powerful jets: peek at M87 shows promise of new telescope network

Toward the cluster's center, the irregular structure relates to two supergiant elliptical galaxies dominating the region, NGC 4889 and NGC 4874.

Coma cluster: x-ray archaeology

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