M58

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M58 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Virgo and is one of the brighter members of the Virgo Cluster.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf barred spiral galaxy
AGNType LINER
alternativeName PGC 42168 NERFINISHED
UGC 7796 NERFINISHED
angularSize 5.9 × 4.7 arcminutes
apparentMagnitudeV 9.7
bestSeenIn spring months from northern hemisphere
catalogNumber M58
Messier 58 NERFINISHED
NGC 4579 NERFINISHED
constellation Virgo NERFINISHED
declination +11° 49′ 05″
discoverer Charles Messier NERFINISHED
discoveryDate 1779
distanceFromEarth approximately 21 megaparsecs
approximately 68 million light-years
environment cluster galaxy
hasActiveGalacticNucleus true
hasBarredStructure true
hasCentralBulge true
hasDustLanes true
hasNuclearRing yes
hasSpiralArms true
hasStarFormation ongoing
hostedSupernova SN 1988A NERFINISHED
SN 1989M NERFINISHED
hostGalaxyType barred spiral
HubbleSequence SBb
isOneOf brighter members of the Virgo Cluster
locatedIn Virgo constellation region of the sky NERFINISHED
memberOf Virgo Cluster NERFINISHED
morphologicalType SBb
observedIn X-ray wavelengths
optical wavelengths
radio wavelengths
partOf local large-scale structure near Virgo Cluster
radialVelocity 1510 km/s
redshift 0.00506
rightAscension 12h 37m 43.5s
supermassiveBlackHole present
supermassiveBlackHoleMass about 7 × 10^7 solar masses
surfaceBrightness high for a galaxy in Virgo Cluster
visibleWith small amateur telescopes

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