![A hazy white-yellow light shines in the top left corner of the image against black space, dotted with faint, distant stars.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/m59_0-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
Hubble Messier 59
M59 is one of the largest elliptical galaxies in the Virgo galaxy cluster. However, it is still considerably less massive, and at a magnitude of 9.8, less luminous than other elliptical galaxies in the cluster.
Credits: NASA, ESA, STScI, and W. Jaffe (Sterrewacht Leiden) and P. Côté (Dominion Astrophysical Observatory)
Image CreditNASA, ESA, STScI, and W. Jaffe (Sterrewacht Leiden) and P. Côté (Dominion Astrophysical Observatory)
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