Messier 87 (also known as Virgo A or NGC 4486, generally abbreviated to M87) is a supergiant elliptical galaxy in the constellation Virgo that contains...

with many being notable Messier objects. The brightest galaxy seen in the cluster is the supergiant elliptical galaxy Messier 87. With an apparent magnitude...

This galaxy was discovered by astronomer Charles Messier in 1777. As an elliptical galaxy, Messier 49 has the physical form of a radio galaxy, but it...

The Messier objects are a set of 110 astronomical objects catalogued by the French astronomer Charles Messier in his Catalogue des Nébuleuses et des Amas...

Earth: the black hole at the center of the supergiant elliptical galaxy Messier 87, and Sagittarius A*, at the center of the Milky Way. The Event Horizon...

brightest member is the elliptical galaxy Messier 49; however its most famous member is the elliptical galaxy Messier 87, which is located in the center of the...

aircraft engine M-87 (Michigan highway), a former state highway in Michigan, US McDonnell Douglas MD-87, a passenger airplane Messier 87, a giant elliptical...

March 1781. The discovery was then reported to Charles Messier, who included the object in the Messier Catalogue of comet-like objects. It was one of the...

(lenticular), Messier 86 (lenticular), Messier 87 (elliptical and a famous radio source), Messier 89 (elliptical) and Messier 90 (spiral). A noted galaxy that...

Event Horizon Telescope: the black hole in the giant elliptical galaxy Messier 87 and the black hole at the Milky Way's center (Sagittarius A*). Supermassive...

Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) in 2017 of the supermassive black hole in Messier 87's galactic centre. As of 2023[update], the nearest known body thought...

away[a] in the constellation Virgo. It was discovered by Charles Messier in 1781. Messier 90 is a member of the Virgo Cluster, being one of its largest and...

Oort and Theodore Walraven, and a few months later in a jet emitted by Messier 87 by Geoffrey R. Burbidge. It was confirmation of a prediction by Iosif...

the night sky, close to the Messier objects M20 to M25 (except M24). It was discovered and catalogued by Charles Messier on June 5, 1764. This cluster...

observatories. This is the second confirmed image of a black hole, after Messier 87's supermassive black hole in 2019. The black hole itself is not seen,...

caused by Messier 87, a significant amount of globular clusters have been striped away from NGC 4478 and have become members of Messier 87's globular...

Messier 81 (or Bode's Galaxy) Messier 84 Messier 87 (or Virgo A) Messier 104 (or the Sombrero Galaxy) Messier 105 Messier 106 Quiescent (Galaxy) (Black Hole...

the majority of well-known black holes above 1 billion M☉ are shown. Messier galaxies with precisely known black holes are all included. New discoveries...

massive black hole within Messier 87 imply the presence of pressure waves, shock waves and sound waves. The evolution of Messier 87 may have been dramatically...

has media related to Messier 75. Messier 75, Galactic Globular Clusters Database page Garner, Rob, ed. (16 March 2018), Messier 75, NASA, retrieved 5...

children to take up the sport." Messier was born in St. Albert, Alberta, the son of Mary-Jean (Dea) and Doug Messier. He was the second son and third...

president of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. In 1918 he observed Messier 87 and was the first to notice the polar jet which he described as a "curious...

with rich globular cluster systems are NGC 4874, NGC 4889, NGC 3311 and Messier 87. For comparison, the Milky Way has a poor globular cluster system, with...

dynamical measurement of the mass of the black hole in the elliptical galaxy Messier 87. He supervised the theses of a number of students while at Caltech, including...

presence of loops and rings in the hot X-ray emitting gas that surrounds Messier 87. These loops and rings are generated by variations in the rate at which...

illustration of Olbers' paradox (see below) Image of the central black hole of Messier 87 taken by the Event Horizon Telescope. The fact that outer space is black...

616A..12G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201832698. S2CID 260496632. "Messier 2". SEDS Messier Catalog. Retrieved 21 July 2024. Boyles, J.; et al. (November 2011)...

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polarized-based image of a black hole, specifically the black hole at the center of Messier 87, an elliptical galaxy approximately 55 million light-years away in the...

from the nuclei of NGC 1068 and Messier 81 by Edward Fath (published in 1909), and the discovery of the jet in Messier 87 by Heber Curtis (published in...