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M 59

Galaxy · Virgo

M 59

Also known as NGC 4621 · PGC 42628 · UGC 7858

Messier 59

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Type: Galaxy
Constellation: Virgo
Position (J2000): 12h 42m 02s · +11° 38′ 49″
Discovered: by Johann Gottfried Koehler in 1779

Pictures: 0
Magnitude: 9.56; visual
Size: 4.6′ × 3.2′
Distance: ~50,000,000 ly
Best months: Mar–May

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

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