Messier 86, also known as M86 or NGC 4406, is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Virgo and a member of the Virgo Cluster, discovered by Charles Messier in 1781. It lies roughly 52 million light-years from Earth and shows the largest blueshift of any object in Messier's catalogue, meaning it is moving toward the Milky Way rather than away from it, an effect attributed to its own orbital motion within the gravitationally bound Virgo Cluster rather than to the overall expansion of the universe.
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Constellation Discovery Year In the Other Atlases
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Also in Divinity Atlas: the constellation this subject lies in.
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1. Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
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2. Wikidata: Messier 86
Wikidata Q92258250, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Messier 86 (Wikipedia)
Messier 86, Wikipedia - lead section, catalogue classification
Messier 86 (also known as M86 or NGC 4406) is a bright elliptical or lenticular galaxy in the constellation of Virgo.
Messier 86, Wikipedia - lead section, constellation
Messier 86 (also known as M86 or NGC 4406) is a bright elliptical or lenticular galaxy in the constellation of Virgo.
- In Group: Lenticular Galaxies, infobox 'type' field: S0(3) (NED classification, de Vaucouleurs system) filed under Lenticular Galaxies
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