A relatively small galaxy of the elliptical / lenticular type, shaped somewhat like a flattened disc, but with little active star formation. M84 lies in the inner regions of the great Virgo Cluster, and forms the western end of the string of galaxies known as Markarian's Chain.
M84 lies at the heart of a group of thousands of galaxies
that together form the Virgo Cluster. This map shows some of
its more prominent neighbours, each of which represents millions or billions of individual stars.
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