Messier 87
E457106
active galaxy
cD galaxy
elliptical galaxy
giant elliptical galaxy
lenticular-like galaxy
radio galaxy
supermassive black hole
Messier 87 is a giant elliptical galaxy in the Virgo Cluster, notable for its supermassive black hole and powerful relativistic jet.
Observed surface forms (2)
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
active galaxy
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cD galaxy ⓘ elliptical galaxy ⓘ giant elliptical galaxy ⓘ lenticular-like galaxy ⓘ radio galaxy ⓘ supermassive black hole ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
3C 274
NERFINISHED
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M87 NERFINISHED ⓘ NGC 4486 NERFINISHED ⓘ Virgo A NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| apparentMagnitudeV | ~8.6 ⓘ |
| catalog |
Messier catalogue
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New General Catalogue NERFINISHED ⓘ Third Cambridge Catalogue of Radio Sources NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| declination | +12° 23′ 28″ ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | Charles Messier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveryYear | 1781 ⓘ |
| distanceFromEarth |
about 16.5 megaparsecs
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about 53 million light-years ⓘ |
| dominatesGravitationalPotentialOf | central Virgo Cluster region ⓘ |
| firstImageYear | 2019 ⓘ |
| globularClusterCount | several thousand ⓘ |
| hasDarkMatterHalo | true ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
X-ray emitting hot gas halo
ⓘ
bright active galactic nucleus ⓘ extended stellar halo ⓘ large population of globular clusters ⓘ |
| hasJet | relativistic jet ⓘ |
| hasSupermassiveBlackHole | M87* NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| imagedBy | Event Horizon Telescope NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isCentralGalaxyOf | Virgo A subcluster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| jetDiscoveredBy | Heber Curtis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| jetDiscoveryYear | 1918 ⓘ |
| jetLength |
about 5,000 light-years (optical)
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tens of thousands of light-years (radio) ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Messier 87 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInConstellation | Virgo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mass | about 6.5 billion solar masses ⓘ |
| memberOf | Virgo Cluster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| morphologicalType | E0–E1 ⓘ |
| observedBy |
Chandra X-ray Observatory
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Hubble Space Telescope NERFINISHED ⓘ Very Large Array NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| radialVelocity | ~1300 km/s ⓘ |
| radioLoud | true ⓘ |
| radioSourceDesignation |
3C 274
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Virgo A NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| redshift | ~0.00428 ⓘ |
| rightAscension | 12h 30m 49.4s ⓘ |
| stellarMass | hundreds of billions of solar masses ⓘ |
| XrayEmissionSource | intra-cluster medium ⓘ |
Referenced by (6)
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M87
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M87
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M87