Messier 90

GPTKB entity

Statements (66)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:galaxy
gptkbp:apparent_magnitude approximately 10.3
gptkbp:contains young stars
star-forming regions
gptkbp:depicted_in gptkb:physicist
gptkbp:diameter approximately 100,000 light-years
gptkbp:discovered_by gptkb:Charles_Messier
gptkbp:distance approximately 60 million light-years
gptkbp:exhibition gptkb:Messier_catalogue
gptkb:M90
gptkbp:first_appearance gptkb:William_Herschel
gptkbp:has gptkb:football_club
gptkb:physicist
a complex structure
multiple globular clusters
a high surface brightness
a significant amount of interstellar gas
significant amount of dark matter
gptkbp:has_color gptkb:blue
gptkb:red
gptkb:yellow
gptkbp:has_friend gptkb:NGC_4562
NGC 4552
NGC 4551
NGC 4560
gptkbp:has_spectral_type SAB(rs)bc
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Messier 90
gptkbp:image 1990s
gptkbp:is often studied in astrophysics
visible in amateur telescopes
a target for deep-sky observations
a prominent feature in the Virgo Cluster
part of the Messier catalog
a key object in understanding galaxy evolution
a member of the local supercluster
a subject of various astronomical studies
associated with several satellite galaxies
often compared with other spiral galaxies
one of the brightest galaxies in the Virgo Cluster
part of the Hubble Space Telescope survey
gptkbp:is_observed_in gptkb:Hubble_Space_Telescope
optical wavelengths
X-ray wavelengths
radio wavelengths
infrared wavelengths
gptkbp:is_part_of gptkb:Chandra_X-ray_Observatory
gptkb:European_Southern_Observatory
gptkb:GALEX
gptkb:NASA/_IPAC_Extragalactic_Database
gptkb:Lyon-Meudon_Extragalactic_Database
gptkb:Hubble_Space_Telescope_Legacy_Archive
gptkb:2_MASS
gptkb:Virgo_Supercluster
gptkb:Sloan_Digital_Sky_Survey
gptkbp:lighting low
gptkbp:located_in gptkb:Virgo_constellation
gptkbp:members gptkb:Virgo_Cluster
gptkbp:notable_feature barred structure
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:Virgo_Cluster
gptkbp:previous_name NGC 4561
gptkbp:redshift 0.0021
0.0047
gptkbp:type gptkb:galaxy
gptkbp:year_created 1781
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Virgo
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4