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Proper Name	Coma B
Caldwell Number	C35
NGC/IC Number	NGC 4889 (also catalogued as NGC 4884)
Constellation	Coma Berenices
Right Ascension	13h 0m 8s
Declination	+27° 58' 37"
Distance	c.317,000,000 light years c.97,200,000 parsecs
Magnitude	Apparent: +11.5 Absolute: -23.4
Diameter	Apparent: 2.8' Actual: c.239,000 light years (halo extends to c.1.3 million light years)
Hubble Type	Elliptical type 3
Optimum Visibility	April
Notes	One of the largest galaxies known, Coma B has a diameter approaching 250 million light years, and a halo that extends more than a million light years from the galaxy's core. With its similarly immense neighbour NGC 4874, it lies at the heart of a cloud a smaller galaxies collectively known as the Coma Cluster.

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