Object: Galaxy MESSIER 59, 60 and NGC 4638 Constell: VIR RA: 12h 43.7m Decl: +11° 34' Epoch: 2000 Mag: Size: Type: Observer: Jere Kahanpää Obs. place: Hartola, Finland Date/Time: 5./6.3.1992, 22.55 Telescope: N 205/1000 Magn: 63x Filter: Field: 60' NE Lim.mag: 6.0m Background sky: 2 Seeing: 2 Weather: Brightness: Alt: Description: One faint and two bright galaxies. Messier 59 (9.6m (v), 5.4'x3.7', E5, Br3) Messier 60 (8.8m (v), 7.5'x6.1', E2, Br2): Slightly elliptical W-E. NGC 4638 (11.2m (v), 2.3'x1.4', S0- sp, Br5): Faint, indefinite.