M85 · galaxy
Messier 85
Messier 85 is a lenticular galaxy, or elliptical galaxy for other authors, in the Coma Berenices constellation.
RA12h 25m 24sDec+18° 11' 27"
Image: Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, R. O'Connell. CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Identity & coordinates
Identification
- Primary designation
- M85
- All designations
- M85 · NGC 4382
- Object type
- Galaxy
- Constellation
- Coma Berenices
- Best viewing
- Spring
Coordinates & physical
- Right ascension (J2000)
- 12h 25m 24s
- Declination (J2000)
- +18° 11' 27"
- Apparent magnitude (V)
- —
- Distance
- —
- Redshift (z)
- 0.002432
Visibility tonight
The science
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 has a diameter of about 36.99 kiloparsecs across.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia · CC-BY-SA-4.0
References
- SIMBAD Not resolved
- NED Fetched May 8, 2026 View in NED ↗
- Wikipedia Fetched May 8, 2026 Read full article ↗
Wikipedia title resolved via designation — fell back to an alternate catalog designation.
1 merge conflict resolved
- coordinates: SIMBAD missing → NED used