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Messier 66 or M66, also known as NGC 3627, is an intermediate spiral galaxy in the southern, equatorial half of Leo. It was discovered by French astronomer Charles Messier[8] on 1 March 1780, who described it as "very long and very faint".[9] This galaxy is a member of a small group of galaxies that includes M65 and NGC 3628, known as the Leo Triplet or the M66 Group.[10] M65 and M66 are a common object for amateur astronomic observation, being separated by only 20′.[9]

Messier 66
A colour-composite image of M66.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationLeo
Right ascension11h 20m 15.026s[1]
Declination+12° 59′ 28.64″[1]
Redshift0.002425±0.000010[2] (696.3±12.7 km/s)[3]
Distance31 Mly (9.6 Mpc)[4]
Apparent magnitude (V)8.9[2]
Characteristics
TypeSAB(s)b[5]
Apparent size (V)9.1′ × 4.2′[6]
Notable featuresGalaxy in the Leo Triplet
Other designations
Arp 16, NGC 3627, PGC 34695, UGC 6346[7]

M66 has a morphological classification of SABb,[5] indicating a spiral shape with a weak bar feature and loosely wound arms. The isophotal axis ratio is 0.32, indicating that it is being viewed at an angle.[5] M66 is receding from us with a heliocentric radial velocity of 696.3±12.7 km/s.[3] It lies 31[4] million light-years away and is about 95 thousand light-years across[11] with striking dust lanes and bright star clusters along sweeping spiral arms. As of 2018, five supernovae have been observed in M66: SN 2016cok,[12] 2009hd, 1997bs, 1989B, and 1973R.[13] The one detected in 2016, SN 2016cok was discovered by the All-Sky Survey Automated Survey for Supernovae, and it has been categorized as a Type IIp supernova.[14]

Gravitational interaction from its past encounter with neighboring NGC 3628 has resulted in an extremely high central mass concentration; a high molecular to atomic mass ratio; and a resolved non-rotating clump of H I material apparently removed from one of the spiral arms. The latter feature shows up visually as an extremely prominent and unusual spiral arm and dust lane structures as originally noted in the Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies.[15]





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References


  1. Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W.; Chester, Thomas; Elias, Jonathan H.; Huchra, John P.; Liebert, James W.; Lonsdale, Carol J.; Monet, David G.; Price, Stephan; Seitzer, Patrick; Jarrett, Thomas H.; Kirkpatrick, J. Davy; Gizis, John E.; Howard, Elizabeth V.; Evans, Tracey E.; Fowler, John W.; Fullmer, Linda; Hurt, Robert L.; Light, Robert M.; Kopan, Eugene L.; Marsh, Kenneth A.; McCallon, Howard L.; Tam, Robert; Van Dyk, Schuyler D.; Wheelock, Sherry L. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131: 1163–1183. doi:10.1086/498708. ISSN 0004-6256.
  2. de Vaucouleurs, G.; et al. (1991), Third reference catalogue of bright galaxies, 9, New York: Springer-Verlag.
  3. van den Bosch, Remco C. E.; et al. (May 2015), "Hunting for Supermassive Black Holes in Nearby Galaxies With the Hobby-Eberly Telescope", The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 218 (1): 13, arXiv:1502.00632, Bibcode:2015ApJS..218...10V, doi:10.1088/0067-0049/218/1/10, S2CID 117876537, 10.
  4. Tully, R. Brent; et al. (August 2016), "Cosmicflows-3", The Astronomical Journal, 152 (2): 21, arXiv:1605.01765, Bibcode:2016AJ....152...50T, doi:10.3847/0004-6256/152/2/50, 50.
  5. Ann, H. B.; et al. (2015), "A Catalog of Visually Classified Galaxies in the Local (z ∼ 0.01) Universe", The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 217 (2): 27–49, arXiv:1502.03545, Bibcode:2015ApJS..217...27A, doi:10.1088/0067-0049/217/2/27, S2CID 119253507.
  6. "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database", Results for NGC 3627, retrieved 31 August 2006.
  7. "NGC 3627". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  8. Frommert, Hartmut; Kronberg, Christine (15 June 2016), Spiral Galaxy M66, retrieved 3 December 2018.
  9. O'Meara, Stephen James (2014), Deep-Sky Companions: The Messier Objects, Deep-sky companions, Cambridge University Press, p. 248, ISBN 978-1107018372 It is recorded as discovered by Pierre Méchain, but apparently this is an error.
  10. Adam, Len (2018), Imaging the Messier Objects Remotely from Your Laptop, The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series, Springer, p. 290, Bibcode:2018imor.book.....A, ISBN 978-3319653853
  11. Per the small angle formula: 31 mly × tan( 9′.1 ) = ~82 kly. diameter
  12. Sutaria, Firoza; Ray, Alak (June 2016), "No X-ray detection of SN2016cok by Swift XRT", The Astronomer's Telegram, 9189: 1, Bibcode:2016ATel.9189....1S.
  13. List of Supernovae, Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams, retrieved 9 September 2015
  14. Lewis, Danny. "Spy Two Supernovae in June's Night Sky". Smithsonian. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  15. Zhang, Xiaolei; et al. (1993), "High-Resolution CO and H i Observations of the Interacting Galaxy NGC 3627", Astrophysical Journal, 418: 100, Bibcode:1993ApJ...418..100Z, doi:10.1086/173374.


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[de] Messier 66

Messier 66 (auch als NGC 3627 bezeichnet) ist eine 8,9 mag helle Spiralgalaxie vom Hubble-Typ Sb mit einer Flächenausdehnung von 9,1' × 4,1' im Sternbild Löwe. Der tatsächliche Durchmesser beträgt etwa 100 000 Lichtjahre.
- [en] Messier 66

[es] Galaxia espiral M66

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.

[ru] M 66 (галактика)

M 66 (Messier 66, Мессье 66, другие обозначения — NGC 3627, Arp 16, UGC 6346, ZWG 67.57, MCG 2-29-19, ARAK 288, ARP 317, VV 308, PGC 34695) — галактика в созвездии Лев, находящаяся от нас на расстоянии 35 млн. св. лет. Размер галактики составляет 100 тыс. св. лет. Она относится к разновидности спиральных галактик, у неё видны закрученные ветви, хорошо просматриваются пылевые структуры, и заметно центральное утолщение (балдж).


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