Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Coma Berenices (Com)  ·  Contains:  Extremely wide field
Abell 1656 Coma Galaxy Cluster, Prabhakar
Abell 1656 Coma Galaxy Cluster
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Abell 1656 Coma Galaxy Cluster

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The Coma Cluster (Abell 1656) is a large cluster of galaxies that contains over 1,000 identified galaxies.

Abell 1656 and the Leo Cluster (Abell 1367) are the major components of the Coma Supercluster.

At a distance of 320 million light years, the apparent extent of the cluster is three times larger than the Moon. The central region is dominated by two giant elliptical galaxies... NGC 4874 and 4889.

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