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A2261-BCG (short for Abell 2261 Brightest Cluster Galaxy) is a huge elliptical galaxy in the cluster Abell 2261. One of the largest galaxies known A2261-BCG is estimated to have a diameter of a million light-years some 10 times larger than our own galaxy.

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