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M86

NGC 4406

Constellation
Virgo
Shape
Elliptical
Magnitude
9.2
Size
7.4′
Position
12h 26m, +12.9°
Distance
53.6 ± 3.9 million ly

My Sky

Rise, highest and set over your place, for any night: M86

Further info

NASA: Messier 86

NED: M86

SIMBAD: M86

Wikipedia: Messier 86

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

M86, NGC 4406
Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, P. Cote et al.