NGC 4486

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:galaxy
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:M87
gptkb:Messier_87
gptkbp:apparentMagnitude 9.59
gptkbp:catalogueNumber gptkb:Messier_87
gptkb:NGC_4486
PGC 41319
UGC 7654
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:epoch gptkb:J2000
gptkbp:galaxyType gptkb:galaxy
gptkbp:hasCepheidVariables yes
gptkbp:hasDustLanes yes
gptkbp:hasJetLength ~5,000 light-years
gptkbp:hasLINER yes
gptkbp:hasLowSurfaceBrightnessFeatures yes
gptkbp:hasMultipleNuclei no
gptkbp:hasPlanetaryNebulae yes
gptkbp:hasPlanetaryNebulaLuminosityFunction yes
gptkbp:hasRadioSource gptkb:Virgo_A
gptkbp:hasSupermassiveBlackHole yes
~6.5 billion solar masses
gptkbp:hasUltraCompactDwarfs yes
gptkbp:hasXRayEmission yes
gptkbp:hasXRayHalo yes
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label NGC 4486
gptkbp:isBrightestClusterGalaxy yes
gptkbp:isGiantEllipticalGalaxy yes
gptkbp:isRadioGalaxy yes
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Virgo
gptkbp:luminosity 13.1 mag/arcmin²
gptkbp:mass ~2.7 trillion solar masses
gptkbp:notableEvent First direct image of a black hole (2019)
gptkbp:notableFeature active galactic nucleus
relativistic jet
gptkbp:numberOfGlobularClusters ~12,000
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Virgo_Cluster
gptkbp:photographed gptkb:Event_Horizon_Telescope
gptkb:Hubble_Space_Telescope
gptkbp:redshift 0.00436
gptkbp:rightAscension 12h 30m 49.4s
gptkbp:satellite_galaxies yes
gptkbp:stellarPopulation old, metal-rich
gptkbp:supernovaeObserved yes
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Messier_87
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6