Messier 60

Also known as M60

galaxy

Key facts

Constellation: Virgo
Right ascension: 12 43 40.008
Declination: +11 ° 33 ′ 09.40 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity: 1,108 km/s
Distance: 56.7 Mly (17.38 Mpc )
Group or cluster: Virgo Cluster
Type: E1.5 or S0
Apparent size v: 7.4 ′ × 6.0 ′

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Wikidata facts

Distance from Earth: 14.9
Radius: 60000
Image: Arp116 Hubble.jpg

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redshift: 0.004713
catalog code: [SMM2006b] J124339.98+113309.6
Commons category: Messier 60
galaxy morphological type: S0
Commons gallery: Messier 60
time of discovery or invention: 1779-04-11
apparent magnitude: 10.502
absolute magnitude: -22.3
right ascension: 190.916667
declination: 11.552778
radial velocity: 1015

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Messier 60 or M60, also known as NGC 4649, is an elliptical galaxy approximately 57 million light-years away in the equatorial constellation of Virgo. Together with NGC 4647, it forms a pair known as Arp 116. Messier 60 and nearby elliptical galaxy Messier 59 were discovered by Johann Gottfried Koehler in April 1779, observing a comet in the same part of the sky. Charles Messier added both to his catalogue about three days after this.

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