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NGC 4881

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Right ascension
  
12 59 57.6

Redshift
  
6740 ± 6 km/s

Type
  
E

Magnitude
  
14.6

Apparent magnitude (V)
  
14.6

Declination
  
+28° 14′ 51″

Distance
  
352 Mly

Apparent size (V)
  
1′.0 × 1′.0

Constellation
  
Coma Berenices

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Similar
  
NGC 4555, NGC 4874, NGC 4710, NGC 4922

NGC 4881 is an elliptical galaxy about 352 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. It is a member of the Coma cluster of galaxies. NGC 4881 was discovered by Heinrich Louis d'Arrest in 1865.

In 1994, the Hubble Space Telescope examined the Coma cluster and NGC 4881.

References

NGC 4881 Wikipedia