Fastest approaching galaxy

According to Official Guinness Records,

Despite the overall expansion of the Universe there are a small number of galaxies which are approaching our own. M86, a lenticular galaxy around 52 million light years away in the Virgo Cluster, is moving towards our Milky Way at 419 km/s (260 miles/s).

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