A Region of the Virgo Cluster of Galaxies Containing the Ultra-Diffuse Galaxy VCC 1287 (IMAGE)

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A Region of the Virgo Cluster of Galaxies Containing the Ultra-Diffuse Galaxy VCC 1287

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This is a region of the Virgo cluster of galaxies containing the ultra-diffuse galaxy VCC 1287. The main image is 500 thousand light years across, uses a negative image for contrast, and was obtained with a 10-centimetre diameter amateur telescope in Switzerland (Antares Observatory). The zoom-in colour-composite image of VCC 1287 is from the 4-metre Canada-France- Hawai'i telescope. The coloured symbols show globular star clusters targeted for orbital speed measurements with the 10-metre Gran Telescopio CANARIAS (GTC).

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