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M60

NGC 4649

Constellation
Virgo
Shape
Elliptical
Magnitude
8.8
Size
7.2′
Position
12h 44m, +11.6°
Distance
54.5 ± 3.6 million ly

My Sky

Rise, highest and set over your place, for any night: M60

Further info

NASA: Messier 60

NED: M60

SIMBAD: M60

Wikipedia: Messier 60

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

M60, NGC 4649
Credit: NASA, ESA and the Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration