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....
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The Messier objects are a set of 110 astronomical objects catalogued by the French astronomer Charles Messier in his Catalogue des Nébuleuses et des Amas...
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NGC 4647 (section Interaction with Messier 60)
astronomer William Herschel on March 15, 1784. NGC 4647 is listed along with Messier 60 as being part of a pair of galaxies called Arp 116; their designation...
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..50T, doi:10.3847/0004-6256/152/2/50, S2CID 250737862, 50. "Messier 59". SEDS Messier Catalog. Retrieved 29 April 2022. King, I. R.; Minkowski, R. (March...
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values in the 1920s. Charles Messier discovered Messier 58, along with the elliptical galaxies Messier 59 and Messier 60, on April 15, 1779. M58 was reported...
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Messier 49 (elliptical), Messier 58 (spiral), Messier 59 (elliptical), Messier 60 (elliptical), Messier 61 (spiral), Messier 84 (lenticular), Messier...
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constellation Coma Berenices. It was discovered by Charles Messier in 1781. M88 is one of the fifteen Messier objects that belong to the nearby Virgo Cluster of...
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away[a] in the constellation Virgo. It was discovered by Charles Messier in 1781. Messier 90 is a member of the Virgo Cluster, being one of its largest and...
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Owl Nebula (redirect from Messier Object 97)
known as Messier 97, M97 or NGC 3587) - 239 x 60 second exposure. Outer O-III shell of M97 in a HOO composition Messier object List of Messier objects...
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1459 Messier 31 (or the Andromeda Galaxy) Messier 32 Messier 51 (or the Whirlpool Galaxy) Messier 60 Messier 77 Messier 81 (or Bode's Galaxy) Messier 84...
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