Messier 58

Messier 58 (also known as NGC 4579 ) is a 9.6 like bright spiral galaxy with a surface area of 5.9 '× 4.7 ' in the constellation Virgo. Most sources believe that it is a barred spiral galaxy of type SBb in the Hubble sequence in M58. Messier 58 was discovered on April 15, 1779 by the French astronomer Charles Messier.

Infrared image from the Spitzer Space Telescope

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