Galaxy · Coma Berenices

M 88

Also known as NGC 4501 · PGC 41517 · UGC 7675

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Type

Galaxy

Constellation

Coma Berenices

Position (J2000)

12h 31m 59s · +14° 25′ 13″

Discovered

by Charles Messier in 1781

Pictures

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Magnitude

10.33

visual

Size

8.7′ × 4.4′

Distance

~65,000,000 ly

Best months

Feb–Apr

Catalogue data from OpenNGC by Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0. Distances, discoverers and common names from Wikidata, CC0.