NGC 4486

GPTKB entity

Statements (43)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:galaxy
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:M87_galaxy
gptkb:Virgo_Supercluster
gptkbp:aircraft_operated gptkb:battle
gptkbp:body_style gptkb:physicist
gptkbp:contains gptkb:football_club
gptkbp:depicted_in gptkb:physicist
optical wavelengths
gptkbp:diameter about 120,000 light-years
gptkbp:discovered_by gptkb:Heinrich_Louis_d'_Arrest
gptkbp:distance approximately 55 million light-years
gptkbp:emissions_standard gptkb:battle
gptkbp:has_color B-V = 0.95
gptkbp:has_spectral_type E1
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label NGC 4486
gptkbp:is_a_source_of M87* (the black hole)
gptkbp:is_associated_with gptkb:Fermi_bubbles
gptkb:the_Chandra_X-ray_Observatory
gptkbp:is_home_to gptkb:active_galactic_nucleus_jets
various globular clusters
gptkbp:is_known_for gptkb:Messier_87
its large size
gptkbp:is_observed_in radio wavelengths
gptkbp:is_part_of gptkb:Virgo_Cluster
gptkb:Local_Supercluster
the Virgo A radio source
the Virgo II subgroup
gptkbp:is_studied_in gptkb:observatory
its dynamics and structure
gptkbp:lighting gptkb:battle
approximately 23.5 mag/arcsec²
magnitude 9.6
gptkbp:located_in gptkb:Virgo_constellation
RA 12h 30m 49.423s, Dec +12° 23' 28.04"
gptkbp:mass approximately 1.5 trillion solar masses
approximately 6.5 billion solar masses
gptkbp:notable_for being the first galaxy to have its black hole imaged
gptkbp:notable_models gptkb:art_exhibition
gptkbp:redshift 0.00436
gptkbp:targets Hubble Space Telescope observations
gptkbp:type gptkb:galaxy
gptkbp:year_created 1781