M58-M59-M60 (Kurt Zeppetello)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Virgo (Vir) · Contains: IC 3578 · IC 3652 · IC 3653 · IC 3665 · IC 3672 · IC 3694 · IC 3698 · IC 3710 · IC 3718 · IC 3720 · IC 809 · M 58 · M 59 · M 60 · NGC 4564 · NGC 4567 · NGC 4568 · NGC 4579 · NGC 4606 · NGC 4607 · NGC 4621 · NGC 4637 · NGC 4638 · NGC 4640 · NGC 4641 · NGC 4647 · NGC 4649 · NGC 4660 · Siamese Twins

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M58-M59-M60

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Very happy to capture some more Messier objects from Virgo last week when we finally had a bit of good weather. The following image contains Messier 58 (a.k.a. M58 and NGC 4579) is an intermediate barred spiral galaxy approximately 68 million light-years away from Earth (far right). Messier 59 (a.k.a. M59 or NGC 4621) is an elliptical galaxy approximately 60 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo with a supermassive black-hole in its center (left middle).

Messier 60 (a.k.a. NGC 4649) is an elliptical galaxy approximately 55 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo. It is part of a pair of galaxies known as Arp 116 with NGC 4647. M60 is the third-brightest giant elliptical galaxy of the Virgo cluster of galaxies (far left).

With the addition of these galaxies, I know only have 31 Messier Objects left...

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RA (center)	12h40m35s.76
RA (top/left)	12h45m08s.52
RA (top/right)	12h35m53s.12
RA (bottom/right)	12h36m04s.51
RA (bottom/left)	12h45m16s.59

Dec (center)	+11°40′58″.8
Dec (top/left)	+12°28′25″.1
Dec (top/right)	+12°24′58″.6
Dec (bottom/right)	+10°53′17″.2
Dec (bottom/left)	+10°56′40″.6

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