Messier Index/M59

Messier 59 M59, on DSS2, 0.1° view. w:Palomar Observatory/w:STScI/w:WikiSky w:J2000 VirgoR. W. Sinnott, editor The Complete New General Catalogue and Index Catalogue of Nebulae and Star Clusters by J. L. E. Dreyer 1988 Sky Publishing Corporation and Cambridge University Press 0-933-34651-4 E5NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database Results for NGC 4621 http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/ 2006-11-18 12 42 02.3 +11 38 49 60 ± 5 Mly (18.3 ± 1.7 Mpc)J. L. Tonry, A. Dressler, J. P. Blakeslee, E. A. Ajhar, A. B. Fletcher, G. A. Luppino, M. R. Metzger, C. B. Moore The SBF Survey of Galaxy Distances. IV. SBF Magnitudes, Colors, and Distances Astrophysical Journal 2001 546 2 681–693 http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2001ApJ...546..681T 10.1086/318301 410 ± 6 km/s 10.6 5′.4 × 3′.7 NGC 4621, UGC 7858, PGC 42628 Messier 59 (also known as M59 or NGC 4621) is an w:elliptical galaxy in the constellation Virgo. History Messier 59 and the nearby elliptical galaxy w:Messier 60 were both discovered by w:Johann Gottfried Koehler in April w:1779 during observations of a w:comet in the same part of the sky.K. G. Jones 1991 Messier's Nebulae and Star Clusters 2nd Cambridge University Press Cambridge 0-521-37079-5 w:Charles Messier listed both in the w:Messier Catalogue about three days after Koehler's discovery. Virgo Cluster membership M59 is a member of the w:Virgo Cluster. External links Elliptical Galaxy M59 @ SEDS Messier pages References