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Messier 85

Galaxy
Messier 85 is a lenticular galaxy, or elliptical galaxy for other authors, in the Coma Berenices constellation. It is 60 million light-years away, and it is estimated to be 125,000 light-years across. Pierre Méchain discovered M85 in 1781. It is... Wikipedia
Stars: 400 billion
Constellation: Coma Berenices
Magnitude: 9.1
Diameter: about 125,000 light years across
Apparent size (V): 7′.1 × 5′.5
Distance: 60 ± 4 Mly (18.5 ± 1.2 Mpc)
Redshift: 729 ± 2 km/s