M87

Virgo A · NGC 4486

Constellation

Virgo

Shape

Elliptical

Magnitude

8.6

Size

7.2′

Position

12h 31m, +12.4°

Distance

55.3 ± 6.2 million ly

My Sky

Rise, highest and set over your place, for any night: M87

Further info

NASA: Messier 87

NED: M87

SIMBAD: M87

Wikipedia: Messier 87

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

M87, NGC 4486 — Credit: NASA, ESA and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA); Acknowledgment: P. Cote (Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics) and E. Baltz (Stanford University)