Urania's Mirror (1825) card: Virgo
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With wings as usual.
Vir - Virgo the Maiden
M49
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M58
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M59
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M60
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M61
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M84
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M86
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M87 - Virgo A
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One gigantic galaxy known as M87 contains 30 times as many stars as the Milky Way. It is closely attended by thousands of smaller clusters of stars. It may appear peaceful and serene in a small telescope, but its radio and x-ray emissions are enormous. Large telescopes reveal jets of material hurtling outward and rotating within, perhaps associated with a massive black hole at its center.
M89
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IAU Constellation Main Page
Tau - Taurus the Bull
IAU Constellation
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17 of 88
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Taurus the Bull is easily spotted. Its head is the Hyades, a V-shaped cluster of stars. His horns point outward from the V. Aldebaran is the red eye of the Bull as he charges down upon us.