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NGC Objects: NGC 4500 - 4549
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NGC 4501 (= M88)
A tenth-magnitude spiral galaxy (type Sbc I) in Coma Berenices (RA 12 31 59, Dec +14 25 15).

Although in Coma Berenices, M88 is one of fifteen Messier objects which are members of the Virgo Cluster of galaxies, the nearest major cluster to our galaxy. It is about 60 million light years away, and over 100 thousand light years in diameter. (Jim Quinn/Adam Block/AURA/NSF, NOAO)

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NGC Objects: NGC 4500 - 4549
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