Lenticular Galaxy M84
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- This article is about the galaxy M84. For the Yugoslav tank, see M-84.
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| +9.1
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! style="text-align:left;" | Apparent dimensions (V)
| 5.0 arcmins
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| Virgo
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|} The M84 (also known as Messier Object 84, Messier 84, or NGC 4374) is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Virgo. It was discovered by Charles Messier in 1781. M84 is situated in the heavily populated inner core of the Virgo Cluster of galaxies. Radio observations and images of the Hubble Space Telescope of M84 have revealed two jets of matter shooting out from the galaxy's center as well as a disk of rapidly rotating gas and stars close to the nucleus indicating the presence of a supermassive black hole of 300 million solar masses in the galaxy's nucleus. Three supernovae have been observed in M84. External link
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