PGC 44691

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PGC 44691
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The spiral galaxy PGC 44691.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Coma Berenices
Right ascension 13h 00m 03.0s [1]
Declination 28° 14 25 [1]
Redshift 0.025631/7684 km/s [1]
Distance 352,080,000 ly
Group or cluster Coma Cluster
Apparent magnitude  (V)16.7
Characteristics
Type Sa [1]
Size~50,560 ly (estimated) [1]
Apparent size  (V)0.43 x 0.32 [1]
Other designations
2MASX J13000297+2814253 [1]

PGC 44691 is a spiral galaxy located about 350 million light-years away [2] in the constellation Coma Berenices. [3] It belongs to a galaxy cluster known as the Coma Cluster. [4] [5] In 1994, the Hubble Space Telescope observed PGC 44691 and the nearby elliptical galaxy NGC 4881 to infer the distance to the Coma Cluster. [4]

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Hubble image of the galaxies NGC 4881 (center) and PGC 44691 (right). NGC4881 HST 1995-07.jpg
Hubble image of the galaxies NGC 4881 (center) and PGC 44691 (right).

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References

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