M60-UCD1
Sign in to saveM60-UCD1 is an ultracompact dwarf galaxy. It is 49 million light years from Earth, close to Messier 60 (M60, NGC 4649) in the Virgo Cluster. Half of its stellar mass is in the central sphere 160 light years in diameter.
Key facts
- Galaxy.name
- M60-UCD1
- Galaxy.image
- M60-UCD1 by HST.jpg
- Galaxy.caption
- A picture of M60-UCD1 taken by the Hubble Space Telescope
- Galaxy.epoch
- J2000.0
- Galaxy.constellation name
- Virgo
- Galaxy.dist_ly
- (Comoving)
- Galaxy.group_cluster
- M60 Group
- Galaxy.mass
- (dynamical mass)
- Galaxy.size
- (Half-light diameter)
- Galaxy.appmag_v
- 14.2
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M60-UCD1 is an ultracompact dwarf galaxy. It is 49 million light years from Earth, close to Messier 60 (M60, NGC 4649) in the Virgo Cluster. Half of its stellar mass is in the central sphere 160 light years in diameter.
==Characteristics== thumb|left|Artist's concept of supermassive black hole within M60-UCD1.