M88

E517953

M88 is a bright spiral galaxy located in the constellation Coma Berenices and is one of the prominent members of the Virgo Cluster.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
M88 canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Virgo Cluster member ⓘ
spiral galaxy ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Messier 88 ⓘ
NGC 4501 ⓘ
angularSize ~7.0′ × 3.7′ ⓘ
apparentMagnitude 9.6 ⓘ
apparentMagnitudeV 9.6 ⓘ
belongsToSupercluster Virgo Supercluster ⓘ
bestViewingSeason spring ⓘ
catalog Messier catalogue ⓘ
New General Catalogue ⓘ
catalogNumber M88 ⓘ
NGC 4501 ⓘ
cluster Virgo Cluster ⓘ
constellation Coma Berenices ⓘ
declination +14° 25′ 13″ ⓘ
discoverer Charles Messier ⓘ
discovererNationality French ⓘ
discoveryDate 1781-03-18 ⓘ
distanceFromEarth ~15 Mpc ⓘ
~50 million light-years ⓘ
galacticEnvironment rich cluster environment ⓘ
galaxyType unbarred spiral galaxy ⓘ
hasDust yes ⓘ
hasGas yes ⓘ
hasNucleus yes ⓘ
hostGalaxyCluster Virgo Cluster ⓘ
HubbleSequenceType Sb–Sc ⓘ
inclinationToLineOfSight highly inclined ⓘ
locatedIn Coma Berenices ⓘ
morphologicalType SA(rs)bc ⓘ
notableFeature active star formation in spiral arms ⓘ
dust lanes along spiral arms ⓘ
well-defined spiral arms ⓘ
nuclearActivityType LINER ⓘ
observableWith small amateur telescopes ⓘ
orientation nearly edge-on ⓘ
partOf Virgo Cluster ⓘ
positionInSky near the core of the Virgo Cluster ⓘ
radialVelocity ~2280 km/s ⓘ
redshift 0.00524 ⓘ
rightAscension 12h 31m 59.2s ⓘ
spectralType spiral galaxy spectrum ⓘ
starFormation ongoing ⓘ
surfaceBrightness high ⓘ
visibleInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.