M58

NGC 4579

Constellation

Virgo

Shape

Spiral

Magnitude

9.8

Size

5.4′

Position

12h 38m, +11.8°

Distance

67.0 ± 3.2 million ly

My Sky

Rise, highest and set over your place, for any night: M58

Further info

NASA: Messier 58

NED: M58

SIMBAD: M58

Wikipedia: Messier 58

Sources

Distance: NED-D (Steer 2020)

Magnitude and size: NGC 2000.0 (Sinnott 1988)

Shape: RC3 (de Vaucouleurs et al. 1991)

Name: Wikipedia, List of Messier objects

M58, NGC 4579 — Credit: NASA, ESA, D. Thilker (The Johns Hopkins University); Image Processing: Gladys Kober (NASA/Catholic University of America)