M87 galaxy

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:galaxy
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Messier_87
gptkb:NGC_4486
gptkbp:apparentMagnitude 9.59
gptkbp:catalogue gptkb:Messier_Catalogue
gptkb:NGC_Catalogue
UGC 7654
PGC 41487
gptkbp:centralBlackHoleMass 6.5 billion solar masses
gptkbp:constellation gptkb:Virgo
gptkbp:contains black hole
relativistic jet
gptkbp:declination +12° 23′ 28″
gptkbp:diameter 120,000 light-years
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:Charles_Messier
gptkbp:discoveredIn 1781
gptkbp:distanceFromEarth 53.5 million light-years
gptkbp:galacticLatitude +74.49°
283.78°
gptkbp:hasActiveGalacticNucleus true
gptkbp:hasDustLane false
gptkbp:hasJetLength 5,000 light-years
gptkbp:hasLINERNucleus true
gptkbp:hasOldStellarPopulation true
gptkbp:hasRadioSource gptkb:Virgo_A
gptkbp:hasStarFormation low
gptkbp:hasTypeIaSupernova gptkb:SN_1956A
gptkb:SN_2017cbv
SN 1980I
SN 1919A
gptkbp:hasXRaySource gptkb:M87*
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label M87 galaxy
gptkbp:isBrightestClusterGalaxy true
gptkbp:isGiantElliptical true
gptkbp:isRadioGalaxy true
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Virgo_Cluster
gptkbp:luminosity 13.1 mag/arcsec²
gptkbp:mass 2.7–6.6 × 10^12 solar masses
gptkbp:morphologicalType gptkb:E0
gptkbp:nearestNeighborGalaxy gptkb:NGC_4478
NGC 4486A
gptkbp:notableFor first direct image of a black hole
gptkbp:numberOfGlobularClusters 12,000–15,000
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Virgo_Supercluster
gptkbp:photographed gptkb:Event_Horizon_Telescope
gptkbp:radialVelocity 1307 km/s
gptkbp:redshift 0.00436
gptkbp:rightAscension 12h 30m 49.4s
gptkbp:supermassiveBlackHoleImaged 2019
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:New_New_Earth
gptkb:The_First_Photo_of_a_Black_Hole
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7