Messier 58

{{Short description|Galaxy in the constellation Virgo}}

{{For|the motorway|M58 motorway}}

{{Infobox galaxy

| name = Messier 58

| image = M58s (visible).jpg

| caption =

| epoch = J2000

| constellation name = Virgo{{Cite book

|editor-first=R. W.|editor-last= Sinnott

|title= The Complete New General Catalogue and Index Catalogue of Nebulae and Star Clusters by J. L. E. Dreyer

|date=1988

|publisher=Sky Publishing Corporation and Cambridge University Press

|isbn=978-0-933346-51-2}}

| type = SAB(rs)b;
LINER{{cite journal | url=https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2006A%26A...455..773V/abstract | bibcode=2006A&A...455..773V | title=A catalogue of quasars and active nuclei: 12th edition | last1=Véron-Cetty | first1=M. -P. | last2=Véron | first2=P. | journal=Astronomy and Astrophysics | date=2006 | volume=455 | issue=2 | page=773 | doi=10.1051/0004-6361:20065177 }} Sy 1.9{{cite journal | url=https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2002A%26A...394..435P/abstract | bibcode=2002A&A...394..435P | title=Unabsorbed Seyfert 2 galaxies | last1=Panessa | first1=F. | last2=Bassani | first2=L. | journal=Astronomy and Astrophysics | date=2002 | volume=394 | issue=2 | page=435 | doi=10.1051/0004-6361:20021161 | arxiv=astro-ph/0208496 }}

| ra = {{RA|12|37|43.522}}{{cite web

| website=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database

| publisher = NASA and Caltech

| title=Results for object MESSIER 058

| url=https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/byname?objname=MESSIER+058

| access-date=6 December 2024}}

| dec = {{DEC|+11|49|05.498}}

| size = {{convert|40.72|kpc|ly|-3|abbr=off}}
diameter; 2MASS K-band total isophote{{cite journal | url=https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2003AJ....125..525J/abstract | bibcode=2003AJ....125..525J | title=The 2MASS Large Galaxy Atlas | last1=Jarrett | first1=T. H. | last2=Chester | first2=T. | last3=Cutri | first3=R. | last4=Schneider | first4=S. E. | last5=Huchra | first5=J. P. | journal=The Astronomical Journal | date=2003 | volume=125 | issue=2 | page=525 | doi=10.1086/345794 }}

| z = 0.00506{{cite journal | url=https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2008AJ....136..713K/abstract | bibcode=2008AJ....136..713K | title=The Arecibo Legacy Fast Alfa Survey. VI. Second HI Source Catalog of the Virgo Cluster Region | last1=Kent | first1=Brian R. | last2=Giovanelli | first2=Riccardo | last3=Haynes | first3=Martha P. | last4=Martin | first4=Ann M. | last5=Saintonge | first5=Amélie | last6=Stierwalt | first6=Sabrina | last7=Balonek | first7=Thomas J. | last8=Brosch | first8=Noah | last9=Koopmann | first9=Rebecca A. | journal=The Astronomical Journal | date=2008 | volume=136 | issue=2 | page=713 | doi=10.1088/0004-6256/136/2/713 | arxiv=0806.3237 }}

| h_radial_v = {{nowrap|1517 ± 1 km/s}}

| dist_ly = {{convert|21|Mpc|e6ly|abbr=off}}{{cite journal | url=https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1996ApJ...465L..83R/abstract | bibcode=1996ApJ...465L..83R | title=The Hubble Constant from 56Co-powered Nebular Candles | last1=Ruiz-Lapuente | first1=Pilar | journal=The Astrophysical Journal | date=1996 | volume=465 | doi=10.1086/310155 | arxiv=astro-ph/9604044 }}

| appmag_v = 9.7{{cite web |url=https://messier.seds.org/m/m058.html |title=Messier 58 |access-date=29 April 2022 |website=SEDS Messier Catalog}}

| size_v = 5.9{{prime}} × 4.7{{prime}}

| names = NGC 4579, UGC 7796, PGC 42168, VCC 1727, GC 3121

}}

Messier 58 (also known as M58 and NGC 4579) is an intermediate barred spiral galaxy with a weak inner ring structure located within the constellation Virgo, approximately 68 million light-years away from Earth.{{Cite web|title=Messier 58 Galaxy|url=http://www.solarius.net/assets/finder_charts/messier_58.pdf|work=Solarius|access-date=2010-02-09|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101011073455/http://solarius.net/assets/finder_charts/messier_58.pdf|archive-date=2010-10-11}}{{Cite simbad|title=M 58| access-date=2010-02-23}} It was discovered by Charles Messier on April 15, 1779 and is one of four barred spiral galaxies that appear in Messier's catalogue.{{Cite web|title=Messier 58: Observations and Descriptions |work=SEDS |url=http://messier.seds.org/Mdes/dm058.html| access-date=2010-02-23}}{{Cite book |url={{google books|plainurl=yes|id=PJzIt3SIlkUC|pg=PA2086}} |title=Burnham's Celestial Handbook: Volume Three, Pavo Through Vulpecula |last=Burnham |first=Robert Jr |date=1978 |publisher=Dover |isbn=978-0-486-23673-5 |pages=2086–2088 |author-link=Robert Burnham Jr}}{{Cite book |url={{google books|plainurl=yes|id=khtT0QAXI9QC|pg=PA29}} |title=The Cambridge guide to astronomical discovery |last=Liller |first=William |date=1992 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-41839-3 |page=29}}{{Cite web|title=Messier 58 |work=SEDS |url=http://messier.seds.org/m/m058.html |access-date=2010-02-23}}{{Cite web |title=Oceanside Photo and Telescope |url=http://www.optcorp.com/edu/articleListEDU.aspx?cid=103 |access-date=2010-02-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724193241/http://www.optcorp.com/edu/articleListEDU.aspx?cid=103 |archive-date=2011-07-24 }}The other barred spiral galaxies in Messier's catalogue are Messier 91, Messier 95 and Messier 109 M58 is one of the brightest galaxies in the Virgo Cluster.{{Cite web|title=Messier Object 58 |url=http://messier.seds.org/m/m058.html |access-date=2006-11-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19961225122016/http://messier.seds.org/m/m058.html|archive-date=1996-12-25}}{{Cite web|title=Messier Catalog M51 - M60 | url=http://www.seasky.org/astronomy/astronomy_messier_51to60.html|work=SEASKY|access-date=2010-02-28}} From 1779 it was arguably (though unknown at that time) the farthest known astronomical object{{cite web|last1=Smethurst|first1=Dr Rebecca|last2=Haran|first2=Brady|title=The Ring Bearer Galaxy (M58) - Deep Sky Videos|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiiWXjPp2KM|website=Deep Sky Videos|publisher=Brady Haran and University of Nottingham|access-date=7 February 2018|date=7 February 2018}} until the release of the New General Catalogue in the 1880s and even more so the publishing of redshift values in the 1920s.