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Discover great galaxies in COMA BERENICES.

Authors :
O'Meara, Stephen James
Source :
Astronomy. Jun2018, Vol. 46 Issue 6, p52-57. 6p. 7 Color Photographs.
Publication Year :
2018

Abstract

The article reports that constellation Coma Berenices is home to spiral, elliptical and interacting galaxies. It states that Melotte 111 is the third closest and one of the largest star cluster to the Sun. It is noted that the Coma Cluster of galaxies lies 300 million light-years away and contains more than 650 galaxies. The ultra-diffuse galaxies are the size of our Milky Way, however contains only about 1000th as many stars.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00916358
Volume :
46
Issue :
6
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Astronomy
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
128791725