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M88

NGC 4501

Constellation
Coma Berenices
Shape
Spiral
Magnitude
9.5
Size
6.9′
Position
12h 32m, +14.4°
Distance
52.0 ± 8.9 million ly

My Sky

Rise, highest and set over your place, for any night: M88

Further info

NASA: Messier 88

NED: M88

SIMBAD: M88

Wikipedia: Messier 88

Sources

Distance: NED-D (Steer 2020)

Magnitude and size: NGC 2000.0 (Sinnott 1988)

Shape: RC3 (de Vaucouleurs et al. 1991)

Name: Wikipedia, List of Messier objects

M88, NGC 4501
Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, D. Thilker