The Virgo II Groups, also known as the Virgo II Cloud, Virgo Southern Extension, or the Virgo S Cloud, are a series of at least 100

galactic cluster An open cluster is a type of star cluster made of up to a few thousand stars that were formed from the same giant molecular cloud and have roughly the same age. More than 1,100 open clusters have been discovered within the Milky Way galaxy, and ...

s and individual

galaxies A galaxy is a system of stars, stellar remnants, interstellar gas, dust, dark matter, bound together by gravity. The word is derived from the Greek ' (), literally 'milky', a reference to the Milky Way galaxy that contains the Solar System. ...

stretching approximately off the southern edge of the Virgo Supercluster. It is located approximately to from the

Solar System The Solar SystemCapitalization of the name varies. The International Astronomical Union, the authoritative body regarding astronomical nomenclature, specifies capitalizing the names of all individual astronomical objects but uses mixed "Solar S ...

, at a

right ascension Right ascension (abbreviated RA; symbol ) is the angular distance of a particular point measured eastward along the celestial equator from the Sun at the March equinox to the (hour circle of the) point in question above the earth. When paired w ...

of to . These clusters include: *

M61 Group The Virgo II Groups, also known as the Virgo II Cloud, Virgo Southern Extension, or the Virgo S Cloud, are a series of at least 100 galactic clusters and individual galaxies stretching approximately off the southern edge of the Virgo Supercluster ...

: ** IC 3474 ** M61 (NGC 4303) ** NGC 4255 ** NGC 4420 ** NGC 4496A ** NGC 4517A ** NGC 4527 ** NGC 4533 ** NGC 4536 ** NGC 4581 ** NGC 4599 **

NGC 4632 NGC commonly refers to: * New General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars, a catalogue of deep sky objects in astronomy NGC may also refer to: Companies * NGC Corporation, name of US electric company Dynegy, Inc. from 1995 to 1998 * Nat ...

** PGC 40951 ** UGC 7387 ** UGC 7522 **

UGC 7612 UGC may refer to: Science and technology * Universal gravitational constant G, in physics * Uppsala General Catalogue, an astronomical catalogue of galaxies * UGC, a codon for cysteine * Unique games conjecture, a conjecture in computational ...

** UGC 7780 * NGC 4030 Group: **

NGC 4030 NGC 4030 is a grand design spiral galaxy located about 64 million light years away in the constellation Virgo. It is a member of the NGC 4030 Group of galaxies, which is a member of the Virgo II Groups, a series of galaxies and galaxy clusters s ...

** UGC 6970 ** UGC 7000 * NGC 4179 Group: **

NGC 4116 NGC commonly refers to: * New General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars, a catalogue of deep sky objects in astronomy NGC may also refer to: Companies * NGC Corporation, name of US electric company Dynegy, Inc. from 1995 to 1998 * Nat ...

NGC 4123 NGC commonly refers to: * New General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars, a catalogue of deep sky objects in astronomy NGC may also refer to: Companies * NGC Corporation, name of US electric company Dynegy, Inc. from 1995 to 1998 * Nat ...

NGC 4179 NGC 4179 is a lenticular galaxy located in the constellation Virgo. It was discovered by William Herschel on January 14, 1784. It is a member of the NGC 4179 Group of galaxies, which is a member of the Virgo II Groups The Virgo II Groups, al ...

** UGC 7035 *

NGC 4697 Group The Virgo II Groups, also known as the Virgo II Cloud, Virgo Southern Extension, or the Virgo S Cloud, are a series of at least 100 galactic clusters and individual galaxies stretching approximately off the southern edge of the Virgo Supercluster ...

: ** IC 3908 ** MCG-1-33-1 ** MCG-1-33-3 ** MCG-1-33-11 ** MCG-1-33-33 ** MCG-1-33-59 ** MCG-1-33-61 ** MCG-1-33-82 **

NGC 4697 NGC 4697 (also known as Caldwell 52) is an elliptical galaxy some 40 to 50 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo (constellation), Virgo. It is a member of the NGC 4697 Group, a group of galaxies also containing NGC 4731 and several ...

NGC 4731 NGC 4731 is a barred spiral galaxy located near the Virgo supercluster. To its celestial south lies NGC 4731A, a small irregular galaxy. Both galaxies feature high concentrations of neutral HI gas. It is theorized that its elongated arm structur ...

** NGC 4775 ** NGC 4941 ** NGC 4948 ** NGC 4948A ** NGC 4951 ** NGC 4958 ** UGCA 310 * NGC 4699 Group: ** MCG-2-33-15 ** MCG-2-33-47 ** MCG-1-33-60 ** MCG-2-33-85 ** NGC 4699 ** NGC 4700 ** NGC 4722 ** NGC 4742 ** NGC 4781 ** NGC 4790 ** NGC 4802 ** NGC 4818 * NGC 4753 Group: ** NGC 4636 ** NGC 4643 ** NGC 4688 ** NGC 4691 ** NGC 4753 ** NGC 4771 ** NGC 4772 ** NGC 4808 ** NGC 4845 ** NGC 4900 ** NGC 4904 ** UGC 7824 ** UGC 7911 ** UGC 7982 ** UGC 8041 * NGC 4856 Group: ** MCG-2-33-82 ** MCG-2-33-88 ** MCG-3-33-32 ** NGC 4856 ** NGC 4984 * NGC 4995 Group: ** IC 4212 ** NGC 4942 ** NGC 4981 ** NGC 4995 * NGC 5084 Group: ** ESO 576-50 ** NGC 5084 ** NGC 5087 ** NGC 5134 *Additional galaxies in the group: ** M104 (NGC 4594, or the Sombrero Galaxy) ** MCG-3-33-30 ** NGC 4457 ** NGC 4487 ** NGC 4504 ** NGC 4517 ** NGC 4546 ** NGC 4586 ** NGC 4592 ** NGC 4597 ** NGC 4665 ** NGC 4666 ** NGC 4684 ** NGC 4701 ** NGC 5054 ** NGC 5170 ** NGC 5247

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