M86

M86 — galaxy, explore its interactive 3D model in Cosmoscope.

Explore M86 in an interactive 3D view of space. See its catalogue position, distance and astronomical facts.

A great lens of old stars plunging through the cluster gas so fast it is being stripped bare, trailing a 400,000-light-year plume torn from its insides.

Type

Lenticular / elliptical (S0)

Distance

52 million light-years

Note

Falling through Virgo toward us at 240 km/s

Explore M86 in 3D

M86 is placed in three-dimensional space using catalogue coordinates and an adopted astronomical distance. Rotate and zoom to explore the model. Stellar surfaces, gas structure and dust depths may be reconstructed or illustrative, as described in its facts; this is not live imagery from a telescope.