Messier 88 (also known as M88 or NGC 4501) is a spiral galaxy about 50 to 60 million light-years away from Earth [3][4][5] in the constellation Coma Berenices. It was discovered by Charles Messier in 1781. M88 is one of the fifteen Messier objects …

2022年4月30日 · Messier 88, or NHC 4501, is a spiral galaxy located at about 47 million light years in the constellation Coma Berenices. M88 is a Seyfert II galaxy (containing an active nucleus, AGN) and is classified as a morphological Type Sbc, with slightly wound arms.

Messier 88 or M88 (also designated NGC 4501) is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Coma Berenices. It has an apparent visual magnitude of 9.6 and its angular diameter is 7x4 arc-minutes. M88 lies at an estimated distance of 60 million light years.

Messier 88 (NGC 4501) is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation Coma Berenices in the Virgo Cluster of galaxies. M88 is 47000000 light years away from Earth. M88 is best viewed during late spring, is magnitude 10.4, and can be viewed with small telescope. M88 is 7' x …

2019年6月24日 · Messier 88 - the NGC 4501 Spiral Galaxy By Tammy Plotner June 24, 2019 We have written many interesting articles about Messier Objects and globular clusters here at …

2021年4月15日 · Messier 88 (also known as M88 or NGC 4501) is a spiral galaxy about 50 to 60 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation Coma Berenices. It was discovered by Charles Messier in 1781. M88 is one of the fifteen Messier objects that belong to the nearby Virgo Cluster of galaxies.

This CCD image shows the bright spiral galaxy M88 (NGC 4501) in Virgo. This galaxy shows a beautiful and intricate interplay between bright star-forming regions and dark dust lanes tracing the spiral pattern.

The galaxy NGC 4501 (M88) belongs to the Hubble class SA(rs)b. Its disk is inclined by 57° with respect to the sky plane. This galaxy has a distance median value of 17.4 Mpc. Its south-western edge is bright in radio polarization due to magnetic field compression by the intracluster gas.

M88 is one of 15 galaxies in the Messier catalog that are part of the Virgo Cluster. It has about 400 billion stars and has a highly included angle making a very nice image. It is bright enough to be seen with 10x50 binoculars under good conditions. You have no new notifications.

M88 is one of 15 galaxies in the Messier catalog that are part of the Virgo Cluster. It has about 400 billion stars and has a highly included angle making a very nice image. It is bright enough to be ...