M 58 (Virgo)

M 58 is part of the famous Virgo Cluster of galaxies. It is one of the brightest galaxies in this cluster. Distance is about 68 million light-years. Diameter is 133,000 light-years. Apparent size is 5.9'x4.7'. Since 1779, it may have been (although at the time this was unknown) the most distant known astronomical object, until the publication of the New General Catalogue in the 1880s.