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NGC 4261 is an elliptical galaxy located behind the Virgo Cluster in the W-cloud.The active galactic nucleus (AGN) contains a 400 million solar mass supermassive black hole (SMBH) with a 800 light-year-wide spiral-shaped disk of dust fueling it.The galaxy is estimated to be about 60 thousand light-years across and the jet is estimated to span about 88 thousand light-years.

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