Galaxy
Messier 65
Also M65 · NGC 3623
A spiral galaxy, one of the Leo Triplet.
Measured
- Distance
- 41.3 million light-years
- Size
- about 100,000 light-years across (approximate)
- Constellation
- Leo
- Position (J2000)
- RA 11h 18m 56s, Dec +13.09°
How far, from the Sun
41.3 million light-years. To cross it:
- Light41.3 million years
- Voyager 1's speed733 billion years
- Driving at 100 km/h445 trillion years
Voyager 1 at the speed it moved outward over the year to 2026-10-25 (JPL Horizons). Driving: nonstop, never refuelling.
Facts
- It, Messier 66 and NGC 3628 form the Leo Triplet, three spirals in one telescope field.
- It is moving away from us at about 800 km/s (NASA/IPAC NED).
Where this comes from
- Cosmicflows-3, Tully, Courtois & Sorce 2016, AJ 152, 50 (12.65 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.