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]
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] |
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