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M87 has been an important testing ground for techniques that measure the masses of central supermassive black holes in galaxies. In 1978, [[stellar-dynamical]] modeling of the mass distribution in M87 gave evidence for a central mass of five billion [[solar mass]]es.<ref name=Sargent1978/> After the installation of the [[COSTAR]] corrective-optics module in the [[Hubble Space Telescope]] in 1993, the Hubble [[Faint Object Spectrograph]] (FOS) was used to measure the [[rotation velocity]] of the ionized gas disk at the center of M87, as an "early release observation" designed to test the scientific performance of the post-repair Hubble instruments. The FOS data indicated a central black hole mass of 2.4 billion solar masses, with 30% uncertainty.<ref name=Harms1994/> |
M87 has been an important testing ground for techniques that measure the masses of central supermassive black holes in galaxies. In 1978, [[stellar-dynamical]] modeling of the mass distribution in M87 gave evidence for a central mass of five billion [[solar mass]]es.<ref name=Sargent1978/> After the installation of the [[COSTAR]] corrective-optics module in the [[Hubble Space Telescope]] in 1993, the Hubble [[Faint Object Spectrograph]] (FOS) was used to measure the [[rotation velocity]] of the ionized gas disk at the center of M87, as an "early release observation" designed to test the scientific performance of the post-repair Hubble instruments. The FOS data indicated a central black hole mass of 2.4 billion solar masses, with 30% uncertainty.<ref name=Harms1994/> |
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M87 is also the subject of a planned observation by the [[Event Horizon Telescope]], after the conclusion of its study of the [[Sagittarius A*]] black hole,<ref name="NYT-20150608">{{cite news |last=Overbye |first=Dennis |authorlink=Dennis Overbye |title=Black Hole Hunters |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/09/science/black-hole-event-horizon-telescope.html |date=8 June 2015 |work=[[NASA]] |accessdate=8 June 2015 }}</ref> |
M87 is also the subject of a planned observation by the [[Event Horizon Telescope]], after the conclusion of its study of the [[Sagittarius A*]] black hole,<ref name="NYT-20150608">{{cite news |last=Overbye |first=Dennis |authorlink=Dennis Overbye |title=Black Hole Hunters |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/09/science/black-hole-event-horizon-telescope.html |date=8 June 2015 |work=[[NASA]] |accessdate=8 June 2015 }}</ref> announced for 10 April 2019.<ref>[https://eventhorizontelescope.org/blog/media-advisory-first-results-event-horizon-telescope-be-presented-april-10th EHT press release], 1 April 2019.</ref> The [[event horizon]] of the [[black hole]] at the center of M87 was directly observed by the [[Event Horizon Telescope]]. This was the first observation of a black hole's event horizon. |
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announced for 10 April 2019.<ref>[https://eventhorizontelescope.org/blog/media-advisory-first-results-event-horizon-telescope-be-presented-april-10th EHT press release], 1 April 2019.</ref> |
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Messier 87 (also known as Virgo A or NGC 4486, generally abbreviated to M87) is a supergiant elliptical galaxy in the constellation Virgo. One of the most massive galaxies in the local Universe,[a] it is notable for its large population of globular clusters—about 12,000 compared with the 150–200 orbiting the Milky Way—and its jet of energetic plasma that originates at the core and extends at least 1,500 parsecs (4,900 light-years), traveling at relativistic speed. It is one of the brightest radio sources in the sky, and a popular target for both amateur and professional astronomers.
The French astronomer Charles Messier discovered M87 in 1781, and catalogued it as a nebulous feature while searching for objects that would otherwise confuse comet hunters. M87 is located about 16.4 million parsecs (53 million light-years) from Earth and is the second-brightest galaxy within the northern Virgo Cluster, having many satellite galaxies. Unlike a disk-shaped spiral galaxy, M87 has no distinctive dust lanes. Instead, it has an almost featureless, ellipsoidal shape typical of most giant elliptical galaxies, diminishing in luminosity with distance from the center. Forming around one sixth of its mass, M87's stars have a nearly spherically symmetric distribution. Their population density decreases with increasing distance from the core. It has an active supermassive black hole at its core, which forms the primary component of an active galactic nucleus.
The galaxy is a strong source of multiwavelength radiation, particularly radio waves. Its galactic envelope extends to a radius of about 150 kiloparsecs (490 thousand light-years), where it is truncated—possibly by an encounter with another galaxy. Its interstellar medium consists of diffuse gas enriched by elements emitted from evolved stars.
Observation history
In 1781, the French astronomer Charles Messier published a catalogue of 103 objects that had a nebulous appearance as part of a list intended to identify objects that might otherwise be confused with comets. In subsequent use, each catalogue entry was prefixed with an "M". Thus, M87 was the eighty-seventh object listed in Messier's catalogue.[4] During the 1880s, the object was included as NGC 4486, in the New General Catalogue of nebulae and star clusters assembled by the Danish-Irish astronomer John Dreyer, which he based primarily on the observations of the English astronomer John Herschel.[5]
In 1918, the American astronomer Heber Curtis of Lick Observatory noted M87's lack of a spiral structure and observed a "curious straight ray ... apparently connected with the nucleus by a thin line of matter." The ray appeared brightest near the galactic center.[6] The following year, a supernova within M87 reached a peak photographic magnitude of 21.5, although this event was not reported until photographic plates were examined by the Russian astronomer Innokentii A. Balanowski in 1922.[7][8]
Identification as galaxy
![Hubble classified galaxies according to their shape: ellipticals, lenticulars and spirals. Ellipticals and spirals have further categories.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/HubbleTuningFork.jpg/220px-HubbleTuningFork.jpg)
In 1922, the American astronomer Edwin Hubble categorized M87 as one of the brighter globular nebulae, as it lacked any spiral structure, but like spiral nebulae, appeared to belong to the family of non-galactic nebulae.[9] In 1926 he produced a new categorization, distinguishing extragalactic from galactic nebulae, the former being independent star systems. M87 was classified as a type of elliptical extragalactic nebula with no apparent elongation (class E0).[10]
In 1931, Hubble described M87 as a member of the Virgo Cluster, and gave a provisional estimate of 1.8 million parsecs (5.9 million light-years) from Earth. It was then the only known elliptical nebula for which individual stars could be resolved, although it was pointed out that globular clusters would be indistinguishable from individual stars at such distances.[11] In his 1936 The Realm of the Nebulae, Hubble examines the terminology of the day; some astronomers labeled extragalactic nebulae as external galaxies on the basis that they were stellar systems at far distances from our own galaxy, while others preferred the conventional term extragalactic nebulae, as galaxy then was synonym for the Milky Way.[12] M87 continued to be labelled as an extragalactic nebula at least until 1954.[13][14]
![Images showing helical flow of matter in M87 jet](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Hubble_follows_spiral_flow_of_black-hole-powered_jet.jpg/220px-Hubble_follows_spiral_flow_of_black-hole-powered_jet.jpg)
Modern research
In 1947, a prominent radio source, Virgo A, was identified overlapping the location of M87.[16] The source was confirmed to be M87 by 1953, and the linear relativistic jet emerging from the core of the galaxy was suggested as the cause. This jet extended from the core at a position angle of 260° to an angular distance of 20″ with an angular width of 2″.[13] In 1969–70, a strong component of the radio emission was found to closely align with the optical source of the jet.[17]
In 1966, the United States Naval Research Laboratory's Aerobee 150 rocket identified Virgo X-1, the first X-ray source in Virgo.[18][19] The Aerobee rocket launched from White Sands Missile Range on 7 July 1967, yielded further evidence that the source of Virgo X-1 was the radio galaxy M87.[20] Subsequent X-ray observations by the HEAO 1 and Einstein Observatory showed a complex source that included the active galactic nucleus of M87.[21] However, there is little central concentration of the X-ray emission.[17]
M87 has been an important testing ground for techniques that measure the masses of central supermassive black holes in galaxies. In 1978, stellar-dynamical modeling of the mass distribution in M87 gave evidence for a central mass of five billion solar masses.[22] After the installation of the COSTAR corrective-optics module in the Hubble Space Telescope in 1993, the Hubble Faint Object Spectrograph (FOS) was used to measure the rotation velocity of the ionized gas disk at the center of M87, as an "early release observation" designed to test the scientific performance of the post-repair Hubble instruments. The FOS data indicated a central black hole mass of 2.4 billion solar masses, with 30% uncertainty.[23]
M87 is also the subject of a planned observation by the Event Horizon Telescope, after the conclusion of its study of the Sagittarius A* black hole,[24] announced for 10 April 2019.[25] The event horizon of the black hole at the center of M87 was directly observed by the Event Horizon Telescope. This was the first observation of a black hole's event horizon.
Visibility
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Virgo_constellation_map.svg/220px-Virgo_constellation_map.svg.png)
M87 is located near the high declination border of the Virgo constellation, next to the constellation of Coma Berenices. It lies along the line between the stars Epsilon Virginis and Denebola.[b] The galaxy can be observed using a small telescope with a 6 cm (2.4 in) aperture, extending across an angular area of 7.2 × 6.8 arcminutes at a surface brightness of 12.9, with a very bright, 45-arcsecond core.[26] Viewing the jet is a challenge without the aid of photography.[27] Before 1991, the Russian-American astronomer Otto Struve was the only person known to have seen the jet visually, using the 254 cm (100 in) Hooker telescope.[28] In more recent years it has been observed in larger amateur telescopes under excellent conditions.[29]
Properties
In the modified Hubble sequence galaxy morphological classification scheme of the French astronomer Gérard de Vaucouleurs, M87 is categorized as an E0p galaxy. "E0" designates an elliptical galaxy that displays no flattening—that is, it appears spherical.[30] A "p" suffix indicates a peculiar galaxy that does not fit cleanly into the classification scheme; in this case, the peculiarity is the presence of the jet emerging from the core.[30][31] In the Yerkes (Morgan) scheme, M87 is classified as a type-cD galaxy.[32][33] A D galaxy has an elliptical-like nucleus surrounded by an extensive, dustless, diffuse envelope. A D type supergiant is called a cD galaxy.[34][35]
The distance to M87 has been estimated using several independent techniques. These include measurement of the luminosity of planetary nebulae, comparison with nearby galaxies whose distance is estimated using standard candles such as cepheid variables, the linear size distribution of globular clusters,[c] and the tip of the red-giant branch method using individually resolved red giant stars.[d] These measurements are consistent with each other, and their weighted average yields a distance estimate of 16.4 ± 0.5 megaparsecs (53.5 ± 1.63 million light-years).[36]
Radius kpc |
Mass ×1012 M☉ |
32 | 2.4[37] |
44 | 3.0[38] |
47 | 5.7[39] |
50 | 6.0[40] |
M87 is one of the most massive galaxies in the local Universe.[39] It spans a diameter of 120 thousand light-years, which is slightly lower than that of the Milky Way, but M87 is a spheroid, not a flat spiral. The mass of M87 within a radius (r) of 9–40 kiloparsecs (29–130 thousand light-years) from the core steadily increases roughly in proportion to r1.7.[38] Within a radius of 32 kiloparsecs (100 thousand light-years), the mass is (2.4 ± 0.6) × 1012 times the mass of the Sun,[37] which is double the mass of the Milky Way galaxy.[41] Only a fraction of this mass is in the form of stars. M87 has an estimated mass to luminosity ratio of 6.3 ± 0.8; that is, about one part in six of the galaxy's mass is in the form of stars that radiate energy.[42] The total mass of M87 may be 200 times that of the Milky Way.[43]
![stellar velocities in M87 are somewhat random, as opposed to more circular velocities in spirals](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Galactic_Chromodynamics.jpg/220px-Galactic_Chromodynamics.jpg)
Gas is infalling into the galaxy at the rate of two to three solar masses per year, most of which may be accreted onto the core region.[46] The extended stellar envelope of this galaxy reaches a radius of about 150 kiloparsecs (490 thousand light-years),[47] compared with about 100 kiloparsecs (330 thousand light-years) for the Milky Way.[48] Beyond that distance the outer edge of the galaxy has been truncated by some means; possibly by an earlier encounter with another galaxy.[47][49] There is evidence of linear streams of stars to the northwest of the galaxy, which may have been created by tidal stripping of orbiting galaxies or by small satellite galaxies falling in toward M87.[50] Moreover, a filament of hot, ionized gas in the northeastern outer part of the galaxy may be the remnant of a small, gas-rich galaxy that was disrupted by M87 and could be feeding its active nucleus.[51] M87 is estimated to have at least 50 satellite galaxies, including NGC 4486B and NGC 4478.[52][53]
The spectrum of the nuclear region of M87 shows the emission lines of various ions, including hydrogen (HI, HII), helium (HeI), oxygen (OI, OII, OIII), nitrogen (NI), magnesium (MgII) and sulfur (SII). The line intensities for weakly ionized atoms (such as neutral atomic oxygen, OI) are stronger than those of strongly ionized atoms (such as doubly ionized oxygen, OIII). A galactic nucleus with such spectral properties is termed a LINER, for "low-ionization nuclear emission-line region".[54][55] The mechanism and source of weak-line-dominated ionization in LINERs and M87 are under debate. Possible causes include shock-induced excitation in the outer parts of the disk[54][55] or photoionization in the inner region powered by the jet.[56]
Elliptical galaxies such as M87 are believed to form as the result of one or more mergers of smaller galaxies.[57] They generally contain relatively little cold interstellar gas (in comparison with spiral galaxies) and they are populated mostly by old stars, with little or no ongoing star formation. M87's elliptical shape is maintained by the random orbital motions of its constituent stars, in contrast to the more orderly rotational motions found in a spiral galaxy such as the Milky Way.[58] Using the Very Large Telescope to study the motions of about 300 planetary nebulae, astronomers have determined that M87 absorbed a medium-sized star-forming spiral galaxy over the last billion years. This has resulted in the addition of some younger, bluer stars to M87. The distinctive spectral properties of the planetary nebulae allowed astronomers to discover a chevron-like structure in M87's halo which was produced by the incomplete phase-space mixing of a disrupted galaxy.[59][60]
Components
Supermassive black hole
![Supermassive black holes are surrounded by massive accretion disks and generate jets of plasma](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Supermassiveblackhole_nasajpl.jpg/220px-Supermassiveblackhole_nasajpl.jpg)
The core contains a supermassive black hole that weighs billions of times the Sun's mass:
estimates have ranged from (3.5 ± 0.8) × 109 M☉[61]
to (6.6 ± 0.4) × 109 M☉,[61]
with the latest measurement being 7.22+0.34
−0.40×109 M☉.[62]
This mass is one of the highest known for such an object. A rotating disk of ionized gas surrounds the black hole, and is roughly perpendicular to the relativistic jet. The disk rotates at velocities of up to roughly 1,000 km/s,[63] and spans a maximum diameter of 0.12 parsecs (0.39 light-years).[64] Gas accretes onto the black hole at an estimated rate of one solar mass every ten years (about 90 earth masses per day).[65]
Observation suggests that the black hole may be displaced from the galactic center by about seven parsecs (23 light-years).[66] The displacement is in the opposite direction of the one-sided jet, which may indicate that the black hole was accelerated away by the jet. Another possibility is that the change in location occurred during the merger of two supermassive black holes.[66][67] A 2011 study did not find any statistically significant displacement.[68]
Interstellar medium
The space between the stars in M87 is filled with a diffuse interstellar medium of gas that has been chemically enriched by the elements ejected from stars as they passed beyond their main sequence lifetime. Carbon and nitrogen are continuously supplied by stars of intermediate mass as they pass through the asymptotic giant branch.[69][70] The heavier elements from oxygen to iron are produced largely by supernova explosions within the galaxy. Of the heavy elements, about 60% were produced by core-collapse supernovae, while the remainder came from type Ia supernovae.[69] The distribution of oxygen is roughly uniform throughout, at about half of the solar value (i.e., oxygen abundance in the Sun), while iron distribution peaks near the center where it approaches the solar iron value.[70][71] Since oxygen is produced mainly by core-collapse supernovae, which occur during the early stages of galaxies and mostly in outer star-forming regions,[69][70][71] the distribution of these elements suggests an early enrichment of the interstellar medium from core-collapse supernovae and a continuous contribution from Type Ia supernovae throughout the history of M87.[69] The contribution of elements from these sources was much lower than in the Milky Way.[69]
Element | Abundance (solar values) |
C | 0.63 ± 0.16 |
N | 1.64 ± 0.24 |
O | 0.58 ± 0.03 |
Ne | 1.41 ± 0.12 |
Mg | 0.67 ± 0.05 |
Fe | 0.95 ± 0.03 |
Examination of M87 at far infrared wavelengths shows an excess emission at wavelengths longer than 25 μm. Normally, this may be an indication of thermal emission by warm dust.[72] In the case of M87, the emission can be fully explained by synchrotron radiation from the jet; within the galaxy, silicate grains are expected to survive for no more than 46 million years because of the X-ray emission from the core.[73] This dust may be destroyed by the hostile environment or expelled from the galaxy.[74] The combined mass of dust in M87 is no more than 70,000 times the mass of the Sun.[73] By comparison, the Milky Way's dust equals about a hundred million (108) solar masses.[75]
Although M87 is an elliptical galaxy and therefore lacks the dust lanes of a spiral galaxy, optical filaments have been observed in it, which arise from gas falling towards the core. Emission probably comes from shock-induced excitation as the falling gas streams encounter X-rays from the core region.[76] These filaments have an estimated mass of about 10,000 solar masses.[46][76] Surrounding the galaxy is an extended corona with hot, low-density gas.[77]
Globular clusters
M87 has an abnormally large population of globular clusters. A 2006 survey out to an angular distance of 25′ from the core estimates that there are 12,000 ± 800 globular clusters in orbit around M87,[78] compared with 150–200 in and around the Milky Way. The clusters are similar in size distribution to those of the Milky Way, most having an effective radius of 1 to 6 parsecs. The size of the M87 clusters gradually increases with distance from the galactic center.[79] Within a four-kiloparsec (13,000-light-year) radius of the core, the cluster metallicity—the abundance of elements other than hydrogen and helium—is about half the abundance in the Sun. Outside this radius, metallicity steadily declines as the cluster distance from the core increases.[77] Clusters with low metallicity are somewhat larger than metal-rich clusters.[79] In 2014, HVGC-1, the first hypervelocity globular cluster, was discovered escaping from M87 at 2,300 km/s. The escape of the cluster with such a high velocity may have been the result of a close encounter with, and subsequent gravitational kick from, a supermassive black hole binary.[80] If this interpretation is correct, the core of M87 would have two supermassive black holes, the result of an ancient collision between two galaxies which merged into a single giant galaxy.[81]
Almost a hundred ultra-compact dwarfs have been identified in M87. They resemble globular clusters but have a diameter of ten parsecs (33 light-years) or more, much larger than the three-parsec (9.8-light-year) maximum of globular clusters. It is unclear whether they are dwarf galaxies captured by M87 or a new class of massive globular cluster.[82]
Jet
The relativistic jet of matter emerging from the core extends at least 1.5 kiloparsecs (5,000 light-years) from the nucleus and consists of matter ejected from a supermassive black hole. The jet is highly collimated, appearing constrained to an angle of 60° within 0.8 parsecs (2.6 light-years) of the core, to about 16° at two parsecs (6.5 light-years), and to 6–7° at twelve parsecs (39 light-years).[83] Its base has the diameter of 5.5 ± 0.4 Schwarzschild radii, and is probably powered by a prograde accretion disk around a spinning supermassive black hole.[83] The German-American astronomer Walter Baade found that light from the jet was plane polarized, which suggests that the energy is generated by the acceleration of electrons moving at relativistic velocities in a magnetic field. The total energy of these electrons is estimated at 5.1 × 1056 ergs[84] (5.1 × 1049 joules or 3.2 × 1068 eV). This is roughly 1013 times the energy produced by the Milky Way in one second, which is estimated at 5 × 1036 joules.[85] The jet is surrounded by a lower-velocity non-relativistic component. There is evidence of a counter jet, but it remains unseen from the Earth due to relativistic beaming.[86][87] The jet is precessing, causing the outflow to form a helical pattern out to 1.6 parsecs (5.2 light-years).[64] Lobes of expelled matter extend out to 80 kiloparsecs (260 thousand light-years).[88]
In pictures taken by the Hubble Space Telescope in 1999, the motion of M87's jet was measured at four to six times the speed of light. This phenomenon, called superluminal motion, is an illusion caused by the relativistic velocity of the jet. The time interval between any two light pulses emitted by the jet is, as registered by the observer, less than the actual interval due to the relativistic speed of the jet moving in the direction of the observer. This results in perceived faster-than-light speeds. Detection of such motion is used to support the theory that quasars, BL Lacertae objects and radio galaxies may all be the same phenomenon, known as active galaxies, viewed from different perspectives.[89][90] It is proposed that M87 is a BL Lacertae object (with a low-luminosity nucleus compared with the brightness of its host galaxy) seen from a relatively large angle. Flux variations, characteristic of the BL Lacertae objects, have been observed in M87.[91][92]
![M87 black hole is a strong source of radio waves](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Close-Up_Look_at_a_Jet_Near_a_Black_Hole.jpg/220px-Close-Up_Look_at_a_Jet_Near_a_Black_Hole.jpg)
Observations indicate that the rate at which material is ejected from the supermassive black hole is variable. These variations produce pressure waves in the hot gas surrounding M87. The Chandra X-ray Observatory has detected loops and rings in the gas. Their distribution suggests that minor eruptions occur every few million years. One of the rings, caused by a major eruption, is a shock wave 26 kiloparsecs (85 thousand light-years) in diameter around the black hole. Other features observed include narrow X-ray-emitting filaments up to 31 kiloparsecs (100 thousand light-years) long, and a large cavity in the hot gas caused by a major eruption 70 million years ago. The regular eruptions prevent a huge reservoir of gas from cooling and forming stars, implying that M87's evolution may have been seriously affected, preventing it from becoming a large spiral galaxy. These observations also indicate that the variable eruptions produce sound waves of about 56 to 59 octaves below middle C in the medium.[93]
M87 is a very strong source of gamma rays, the most energetic rays of the electromagnetic spectrum. Gamma rays emitted by M87 have been observed since the late 1990s. In 2006, using the High Energy Stereoscopic System Cherenkov telescopes, scientists measured the variations of the gamma ray flux coming from M87, and found that the flux changes over a matter of days. This short period indicates that the most likely source of the gamma rays is a supermassive black hole.[94] In general, the smaller the diameter of the emission source, the faster the variation in flux, and vice versa.[94][95]
A knot of matter in the jet (designated HST-1), about 65 parsecs (210 light-years) from the core, has been tracked by the Hubble Space Telescope and the Chandra X-ray Observatory. By 2006, the X-ray intensity of this knot had increased by a factor of 50 over a four-year period,[96] while the X-ray emission has since been decaying in a variable manner.[97]
The interaction of relativistic jets of plasma emanating from the core with the surrounding medium gives rise to radio lobes in active galaxies. The lobes occur in pairs and are often symmetrical.[98] The two radio lobes of M87 together span about 80 kiloparsecs; the inner parts, extending up to two kiloparsecs, emit strongly at radio wavelengths. Two flows of material emerge from this region, one aligned with the jet itself and the other in the opposite direction. The flows are asymmetrical and deformed, implying that they encounter a dense intracluster medium. At greater distances, both flows diffuse into two lobes. The lobes are surrounded by a fainter halo of radio-emitting gas.[99][100]
Environment
![A cluster of galaxies](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/ESO-M87.jpg/220px-ESO-M87.jpg)
Messier 87 is a member of the Virgo Cluster, and can be seen to lower left of this cluster image.|alt=Visible wavelength image of Virgo cluster with M87 located near lower left]]
M87 is near the center of the Virgo Cluster,[33] a closely compacted structure of about 2,000 galaxies.[101] It forms the core of the larger Virgo Supercluster, of which the Local Group (including the Milky Way) is an outlying member.[47] It is organized into at least three distinct subsystems associated with the three large galaxies—M87, M49 and M86—with the subgroup centered around M87 (Virgo A) and M49 (Virgo B).[102] There is a preponderance of elliptical and S0 galaxies around M87, with a chain of elliptical galaxies aligned with the jet.[103] In terms of mass, M87 is a dominant member of the cluster, and hence appears to be moving very little relative to the cluster as a whole.[47] It is defined as the cluster center. The cluster has a sparse gaseous atmosphere that emits X-rays that decrease in temperature toward the middle, where M87 is located.[72] The combined mass of the cluster is estimated to be (0.15–1.5) × 1015 solar masses.[101]
Measurements of the motion of intracluster planetary nebulae between M87 and M86 suggest that the two galaxies are moving toward each other and that this may be their first encounter. M87 may have interacted with M84 in the past, as evidenced by the truncation of M87's outer halo by tidal interactions. The truncated halo may also have been caused by contraction due to an unseen mass falling into M87 from the rest of the cluster, which may be the hypothesized dark matter. A third possibility is that the halo's formation was truncated by early feedback from the active galactic nucleus at the core of M87.[47]
Notes
- ^ "Local Universe" is not a strictly defined term, but it is often taken as that part of the universe out to distances between about 50 million to a billion light-years.[1][2][3]
- ^ Epsilon Virginis is at celestial coordinates α=13h 02m, δ=+10° 57′; Denebola is at α=11h 49m, δ=+14° 34′. The midpoint of the pair is at α=12h 16m, δ=12° 45′. Compare to the coordinates of Messier 87: α=12h 31m, δ=+12° 23′.
- ^ This yields a distance of 16.4 ± 2.3 megaparsecs (53.5 ± 7.50 million light-years).[36]
- ^ This yields a distance of 16.7 ± 0.9 megaparsecs (54.5 ± 2.94 million light-years).[36]
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