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Messier 58

Also M58 · NGC 4579

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A barred spiral galaxy in the Virgo Cluster, among the brightest galaxies in the constellation Virgo.

Measured

Distance
54.4 million light-years
Size
about 88,000 light-years across (approximate)
Constellation
Virgo
Position (J2000)
RA 12h 37m 44s, Dec +11.82°

How far, from the Sun

54.4 million light-years. To cross it:

  • Light54.4 million years
  • Voyager 1's speed966 billion years
  • Driving at 100 km/h587 trillion years

Voyager 1 at the speed it moved outward over the year to 2026-10-25 (JPL Horizons). Driving: nonstop, never refuelling.

Facts

  • Its centre is an active nucleus fed by gas falling onto a black hole.
  • It is moving away from us at about 1,520 km/s (NASA/IPAC NED).

Where this comes from

  • Cosmicflows-3, Tully, Courtois & Sorce 2016, AJ 152, 50 (16.67 Mpc)
  • This research has made use of the SIMBAD database, CDS, Strasbourg, France (Wenger et al. 2000, A&AS 143, 9).
  • This research has made use of the VizieR catalogue access tool, CDS, Strasbourg, France (DOI: 10.26093/cds/vizier).

Every catalogue Ouranos draws is credited on the credits page.