File:NGC 4261.jpg

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English: Quoting from the NOIR websiteː "A trail of celestial objects stretches across this excerpt from a First Look image captured by NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory. The most prominent feature is NGC 4261, the large elliptical galaxy in the top half of the image, which is located 100 million light-years away. In the bottom-left of the image is the lenticular galaxy NGC 4281." The image is an excerpt from the larger Virgo Cluster image.

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NGC 4261 is the large elliptical galaxy at the top of the image.

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20 June 2025

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