| M90 (NGC4569) / Galaxy, type SAB(rs)ab I-II |
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| R.A. | 12h 36m 50.0s (2000.0) |
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| Dec. | +13° 09' 48" (2000.0) |
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| Apparent Size | 9.6×4.4' |
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| Radial Velocity | +87km/s |
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| Magnitude | 10.3 |
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| Distance | 55 million light yrs. |
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| Group of Galaxies | Virgo Cluster |
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| Other IDs | UGC7786, MCG2-32-155
PGC42089 |
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M90 is a member of Virgo Cluster just 40 arc minutes north of M89 in previous page.
The galaxy has an apparent shape of elliptic a bit stretched in north-south direction.
Although M90 has a long axis of 10 arc minutes, it's fairly dimmed because of its brightness of 10.
So it's difficult to resolve detailed structures with amateur telescopes.
Actually M90 is a spiral galaxy classified as Sc type, a dark lane is striking around the central nucleus.
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