Messier 66

Spiral galaxy in the constellation Leo
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Summary

Messier 66 is a spiral galaxy[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of spiral galaxy entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (376 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

Why It Matters

Messier 66 has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[70] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[71]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . VizieR. wikidata.org.
  8. [3] ↑ . messier.seds.org. Retrieved . messier.seds.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . SIMBAD. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . A catalog of visually classified galaxies in the local (z ~ 0.01) universe. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wis-tns.org. wis-tns.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . SIMBAD. Retrieved . haroldcorwin.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . messier.seds.org. Retrieved . messier.seds.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . SIMBAD. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . Characterizing supernova progenitors via the metallicities of their host galaxies, from poor dwarfs to rich spirals. wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . The ROSAT AGN content of the 87GB 5 GHz survey: bulk properties of previously optically identified sources. wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . Q66470551. wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . The GALEX Ultraviolet Atlas of Nearby Galaxies. wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . The GALEX Ultraviolet Atlas of Nearby Galaxies. wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . The GALEX Ultraviolet Atlas of Nearby Galaxies. wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS). wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS). wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS). wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . Cosmicflows-3. wikidata.org.
  49. [51] ↑ . Hunting for supermassive black holes in nearby galaxies with the Hobby-Eberly telescope. wikidata.org.
  50. [52] ↑ . Galaxy groups: a 2MASS catalog. wikidata.org.
  51. [53] ↑ . Groups of Galaxies in the Two Micron All Sky Redshift Survey. wikidata.org.
  52. [54] ↑ . The Northern HIPASS catalogue - data presentation, completeness and reliability measures. wikidata.org.
  53. [55] ↑ . A Digital Archive of H I 21 Centimeter Line Spectra of Optically Targeted Galaxies. wikidata.org.
  54. [56] ↑ . A search for 'dwarf' Seyfert nuclei. 2: an optical spectral atlas of the nuclei of nearby galaxies. wikidata.org.
  55. [57] ↑ . General study of group membership. II. Determination of nearby groups. wikidata.org.
  56. [58] ↑ . Uppsala General Catalogue of Galaxies. Data for 12,921 galaxies north of delta =-2 30. wikidata.org.
  57. [59] ↑ . messier.seds.org. Retrieved . messier.seds.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  58. [60] ↑ . Pattern Speeds of BIMA SONG Galaxies with Molecule‐dominated Interstellar Mediums Using the Tremaine‐Weinberg Method. wikidata.org.
  59. [61] ↑ . The Local Tully-Fisher relation for dwarf galaxies. wikidata.org.
  60. [62] ↑ . Cosmicflows-3. wikidata.org.
  61. [63] ↑ . From Spitzer Galaxy photometry to Tully-Fisher distances. wikidata.org.
  62. [64] ↑ . Cosmicflows-2: the data. wikidata.org.
  63. [65] ↑ . The ATLAS3D project - I. A volume-limited sample of 260 nearby early-type galaxies: science goals and selection criteria. wikidata.org.
  64. [66] ↑ . Our Peculiar Motion Away from the Local Void. wikidata.org.
  65. [67] ↑ . Our Peculiar Motion Away from the Local Void. wikidata.org.
  66. [68] ↑ . The GALEX Ultraviolet Atlas of Nearby Galaxies. wikidata.org.
  67. [69] ↑ . Groups of Galaxies in the Two Micron All Sky Redshift Survey. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [70] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [71] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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