Messier 88

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Messier 88

	Epoch	J20000
	Type	SA(s)bc
	Ra	12<sup>h</sup> 31<sup>m</sup> 591<sup>s</sup>
	Dec	+14&deg 25' 15"
	Dist Ly	60 Million Ly
	Appmag V	+96
	Size V	69' &times 39'
	Constellation Name	Coma Berenices
	Radius Ly	65,000 ly
	Absmag V	128
	Notes	Receding at ~2000 Km /s
	Names	NGC 4501

Messier 88 (also known as '''''NGC 4501''''' or '''''M88''''' for short) is a Spiral Galaxy about 60 Million Light-year s away in the Constellation Coma Berenices , yet it's in the Virgo Cluster . It was discovered by Charles Messier in 1781 .

SEE ALSO

Messier 98

EXTERNAL LINKS

Spiral Galaxy M88 @ SEDS Messier pages