Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Coma Berenices (Com)  ·  Contains:  HD111813  ·  HD111842  ·  HD111878  ·  NGC 4712  ·  NGC 4725  ·  NGC 4747
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NGC 4725, The Brightest Member of the Coma I Group, Rob Foster
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NGC 4725, The Brightest Member of the Coma I Group

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NGC 4725, The Brightest Member of the Coma I Group, Rob Foster
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NGC 4725, The Brightest Member of the Coma I Group

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Although this trio of galaxies are part of the Coma I Group, it is not immediately adjacent to the last submission which also featured several prominent galaxies part of the Coma I Group.  Located 41 million light-years away in Coma Berenices, this intermediate ringed barred spiral galaxy is someone peculiar in that it is thought to only have one spiral arm, though that feature is hard to distinguish in this particular image.

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NGC 4725, The Brightest Member of the Coma I Group, Rob Foster