Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Coma Berenices (Com)  ·  Contains:  M 91  ·  NGC 4548  ·  NGC 4571
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Messier 91 - Barred Spiral Galaxy

Continuing the tour through the Virgo Cluster, M91 is located in the constellation of Coma Berenices (Berenie's Hair, from the Queen Berenice II of Egypt) Estimated distance to the galaxy is 60 million light years, and at magnitudec10.2, it is the faintest object in Messier's catalog. It has nice sweeping spiral arms coming off of the central bar.

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