Messier 59 - M59 - Messier 60 - M60 - NGC 4647 (Fran Jackson)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Virgo (Vir) · Contains: IC 3665 · IC 809 · M 59 · M 60 · NGC 4621 · NGC 4637 · NGC 4638 · NGC 4647 · NGC 4649

Messier 59 - M59 - Messier 60 - M60 - NGC 4647, Fran Jackson

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M60 es una de las galaxias elípticas gigantes del Cúmulo de Virgo, siendo la que se sitúa más al E. Se encuentra en el catálogo Messier como la última de una serie de 3 (M58, M59, y M60), que aparecen sucesivamente en el campo de esta parte del cielo. A débil aumento se puede ver M59 en el mismo campo a 25 minutos de arco. A la distancia de, aproximadamente, 60 millones de años luz, su diámetro aparente de 7x6 minutos de arco, corresponde en lineal a 120.000 años luz. Los instrumentos de aficionado no permiten ver más que su brillante región central de 4x3 minutos de arco. Su magnitud visual aparente de 9 es, de hecho, más brillante, con una magnitud absoluta de –22,3 que corresponde a una luminosidad intrínseca de 60.000 millones de soles, es decir, considerablemente más que los 300 millones mencionados en “The Messier Album” de Mallas/Keimer. M60 es un objeto realmente notable en telescopios a partir de 100 mm. Fotografías obtenidas con instrumentos más potentes que los anteriormente mencionados, dejan entrever un vasto sistema de cúmulos globulares y, según la W.E.Harris’s List, M60 contendría en su halo el respetable número de unos 5.100 de estos objetos.

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