Galaxy · Virgo

M 59

Also known as NGC 4621 · PGC 42628 · UGC 7858

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Type

Galaxy

Constellation

Virgo

Position (J2000)

12h 42m 02s · +11° 38′ 49″

Discovered

by Johann Gottfried Koehler in 1779

Pictures

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Magnitude

9.56

visual

Size

4.6′ × 3.2′

Distance

~50,000,000 ly

Best months

Mar–May

Catalogue data from OpenNGC by Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0. Distances, discoverers and common names from Wikidata, CC0.