M66

GPTKB entity

Statements (64)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:galaxy
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Serpens_constellation
gptkb:Bury_District
gptkbp:apparent_magnitude approximately 9.0
gptkbp:body_style gptkb:physicist
gptkbp:contains gptkb:M65
gptkb:NGC_3628
gptkb:battle
gptkbp:declination +13° 6' 30"
gptkbp:depicted_in gptkb:battle
gptkbp:diameter approximately 100,000 light-years
gptkbp:discovered_by gptkb:Pierre_Méchain
gptkb:William_Herschel
gptkbp:distance approximately 35 million light-years
approximately 3 million light-years
gptkbp:foot gptkb:battle
gptkbp:has_color B-V: 0.9
gptkbp:has_luminosity gptkb:battle
gptkbp:has_spectral_type SAB(rs)bc
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label M66
gptkbp:is_part_of gptkb:Messier_catalog
gptkbp:lighting approximately 23.5 mag/arcsec²
approximately 22.5 mag/arcsec²
gptkbp:located_in gptkb:Leo_constellation
gptkbp:mass approximately 100 billion solar masses
gptkbp:notable_feature has a bright core
prominent dust lanes
presence of globular clusters
multiple supernova remnants
presence of dark matter
bright star-forming regions
distorted shape due to interactions
has a complex morphology
has a complex star formation history
has a faint halo
has a high gas-to-stellar mass ratio
has a high star formation rate
has a large number of HII regions
has a low metallicity
has a significant amount of atomic gas
has a significant amount of cold gas
has a significant amount of dark matter halo
has a significant amount of dust
has a significant amount of hot gas
has a significant amount of ionized gas
has a significant amount of molecular gas
has a significant amount of stellar remnants
has a significant number of young stellar objects
has a variety of stellar populations
has a warped disk
interaction with M65
interaction with NGC 3628
presence of interstellar gas
presence of older red stars
presence of young blue stars
gptkbp:notable_models Sb
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:Leo_Triplet
gptkb:Messier_66_group
gptkbp:redshift 0.0021
gptkbp:right_ascension 10h 42m 36s
gptkbp:type gptkb:galaxy
gptkbp:year_created gptkb:1780
gptkbp:youth_club gptkb:battle