Messier 59

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What Wikipedia says

Messier 59 or M59, also known as NGC 4621, is an elliptical galaxy in the equatorial constellation of Virgo. It is a member of the Virgo Cluster, with the nearest fellow member 8′ away and around 5 magnitudes fainter.

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Image: Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, L. Ho et al., CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.