M60

M60 = NGC4649 ( 12h 43.7m +11°33´, 8.8 mag. )
M60 was discovered by Kohler in 1779 and Messier observed it on April 15 same year.

M60 is a large elliptical galaxy that is also located within the Virgo cluster of galaxies. It is the eastern most galaxy in the cluster. This galaxy is believed to be around 120,000 light-years in diameter.

M60 motorwayM60A1 Armored Vehicle Launched Bridge (AVLB)M61
M61 grenadeM61 motorwayM61 Vulcan
M62M621 motorwayM62 coach bombing ...

M60 machine gun
The M60 is a family of United States general purpose machine guns firing 7.62x51mm NATO Cartridge s from a disintegrating Belt of M13 links. It can fire three types of ammunition, ball, tracer, and armor piercing....

These are M59, and M60. M59 is another elongated galaxy, which also goes by the name NGC 4621. It the same brightness as NGC 4535 which we looked at earlier, but is only 5 arcminutes (1/12 of a degree) across.

M60 (elliptical galaxy)
M61 (spiral galaxy)
M84 (elliptical galaxy)
M86 (elliptical galaxy)
M87 Virgo A (elliptical galaxy)
M89 (elliptical galaxy)
M90 (spiral galaxy)
M104 The Sombrero Galaxy (spiral galaxy) ...

The Siamese Twins (NGC 4567 and NGC 4568) are 0.5 degree southwest: two faint galaxies seemingly joined in the middle. Also in the same vicinity are M59 and M60: two small but bright ellipticals.

The following objects are located within Our Supercluster but not within the Local Group; they are objects 100,000,000 light-years to 10,000,000 light-years from the Sun: M49, M51, M58, M59, M60, M61, M63, M64, M65, M66.

See also: M59, Galaxy, Cluster, Star, Telescope

Topic: Astronomy