Also known as Virgo A or NGC 4486, M87 is the brightest object in the Virgo ... The East Asian VLBI Network (EAVN) radio observations show an apparent annual change in the jet's position angle ...

On left, this composite simulated image shows how M87* is seen by the Event Horizon Telescope at 86 GHz (red), 230 GHz (green), and 345 GHz (blue). On right, 345 GHz is seen in dark blue ...

and its mass is that of the black hole at the center of the M87 elliptical galaxy. The central black hole 'shadow' due to extreme light bending is apparent in this simulation. This image relates ...