Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Virgo (Vir)  ·  Contains:  M 58  ·  NGC 4579
Getting plate-solving status, please wait...
M58 Barred Spiral Galaxy (NGC4579), Dean Glace
M58 Barred Spiral Galaxy (NGC4579)
Powered byPixInsight

M58 Barred Spiral Galaxy (NGC4579)

Getting plate-solving status, please wait...
M58 Barred Spiral Galaxy (NGC4579), Dean Glace
M58 Barred Spiral Galaxy (NGC4579)
Powered byPixInsight

M58 Barred Spiral Galaxy (NGC4579)

Equipment

Loading...

Acquisition details

Loading...

Description

M58 (NGC4579) is a barred spiral galaxy of some 107,000 light-years across with an estimated mass of 300 billion solar masses, located approximately 68 million light years from earth in the constellation of Virgo.

Comments

Sky plot

Sky plot

Histogram

M58 Barred Spiral Galaxy (NGC4579), Dean Glace