Messier 66.
Galaxia en la constelación de leo.
Coordenadas AR: 11:20:14,96 (hh:mm:ss) Dec: +12:59:29,5 (º:’:»)
Magnitud aparente: 8,92
Identificador ngc: 3627
WIKIPEDIA:
Messier 66 (también conocido como NGC 3627) es una galaxia espiral intermedia a unos 36 millones de años luz desde la constelación Leo. Fue descubierta por Charles Messier en 1780. El M66 abarca unos 96.000 años luz[3]
M66 forma parte del famoso Triplete de Leo, un pequeño grupo de galaxias que también incluye el M65 y el NGC 3628.
El 28 de mayo de 2016 apareció una supernova de tipo IIp llamada ASASSN-16fq (o 2016cok), de magnitud 16.7.
CRÉDITO IMÁGENES: Funding for the SDSS and SDSS-II has been provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the Participating Institutions, the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Energy, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Japanese Monbukagakusho, the Max Planck Society, and the Higher Education Funding Council for England. The SDSS Web Site is http://www.sdss.org/. The SDSS is managed by the Astrophysical Research Consortium for the Participating Institutions. The Participating Institutions are the American Museum of Natural History, Astrophysical Institute Potsdam, University of Basel, University of Cambridge, Case Western Reserve University, University of Chicago, Drexel University, Fermilab, the Institute for Advanced Study, the Japan Participation Group, Johns Hopkins University, the Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, the Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, the Korean Scientist Group, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (LAMOST), Los Alamos National Laboratory, the Max-Planck-Institute for Astronomy (MPIA), the Max-Planck-Institute for Astrophysics (MPA), New Mexico State University, Ohio State University, University of Pittsburgh, University of Portsmouth, Princeton University, the United States Naval Observatory, and the University of Washington.
