Messier 64

GPTKB entity

Properties (42)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf galaxy
gptkbp:contains young stars
old stars
gptkbp:diameter approximately 100,000 light-years
gptkbp:established gptkb:Edward_Pigott
gptkbp:features a prominent dark dust lane
gptkbp:has active nucleus
gptkbp:hasCharacter gptkb:SN_2019fbl
gptkb:SN_2005ap
gptkb:SN_2011dh
gptkb:SN_2014C
gptkb:SN_2007sr
gptkbp:hasFacilities approximately 100 billion solar masses
gptkbp:hasFacility 63 km/s
gptkbp:hasFilm SA(s)ab
gptkbp:hasGoals active galactic nucleus
gptkbp:hasOccupation 1.5 solar masses per year
gptkbp:hasRecognition 9.36
gptkbp:hasTheme 0.0021
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Messier 64
gptkbp:isAccessibleBy gptkb:Earth
gptkbp:isFiledIn B-V = 0.65
U-B = -0.10
gptkbp:isPartOf Messier catalog
Virgo Supercluster
NGC 4826 group
gptkbp:isServedBy gptkb:Spitzer_Space_Telescope
gptkb:Chandra_X-ray_Observatory
gptkb:Hubble_Space_Telescope
gptkb:Keck_Observatory
Very Large Telescope
gptkbp:isStudiedIn cosmology
astrophysics
stellar dynamics
star formation
galactic evolution
gptkbp:length 24 million light-years
gptkbp:lighting 22.5 mag/arcsecĀ²
gptkbp:location constellation Coma Berenices
gptkbp:previouslyKnownAs Black Eye Galaxy
gptkbp:releaseYear 1779
gptkbp:type spiral galaxy