M 87 · Galaxy · Virgo

Virgo Galaxy

Also known as NGC 4486 · PGC 41361 · UGC 7654

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Type

Galaxy

Constellation

Virgo

Position (J2000)

12h 30m 49s · +12° 23′ 28″

Discovered

by Charles Messier in 1781

Pictures

1

Magnitude

9

visual

Size

7.1′ × 6.7′

Distance

~56,000,000 ly

Best months

Feb–Apr

Catalogue data from OpenNGC by Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0. Distances, discoverers and common names from Wikidata, CC0.