Messier 90 - Membership of The Virgo Cluster

Membership of The Virgo Cluster

Messier 90 is a member of the Virgo Cluster. The galaxy is located approximately 1°.5 away from the subgroup centered on Messier 87. As a consequence of the galaxy's interaction with the intracluster medium in the Virgo Cluster, the galaxy has lost much of its interstellar medium. As a result of this process, which is referred to as ram-pressure stripping, the galaxy's interstellar medium and star formation regions appear severely truncated compared to similar galaxies outside the Virgo Cluster and there're even H II regions outside the galactic plane.

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