Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Coma Berenices (Com)  ·  Contains:  IC 3442  ·  IC 3453  ·  IC 3476  ·  IC 3478  ·  M 88  ·  M 91  ·  NGC 4501  ·  NGC 4516  ·  NGC 4548
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M88 & M91, Massimo Di Fusco
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M88 & M91

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M88 & M91

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Messier 88 (also known as M88 or NGC 4501) is a spiral galaxy about 50 to 60 million light-years away from Earth and Messier 91 (also known as NGC 4548 or M91) is a barred spiral galaxy about 63 million light-years away from our galaxy, both in the constellation Coma Berenices. They were discovered by Charles Messier in 1781 and they are two of the fifteen Messier objects that belong to the nearby Virgo Cluster of galaxies.

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