Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Coma Berenices (Com)  ·  Contains:  IC 3946  ·  IC 3949  ·  IC 4045  ·  IC 4051  ·  NGC 4854  ·  NGC 4860  ·  NGC 4865  ·  NGC 4873  ·  NGC 4874  ·  NGC 4881  ·  NGC 4886  ·  NGC 4889  ·  NGC 4895  ·  NGC 4896  ·  NGC 4898  ·  NGC 4907  ·  NGC 4908  ·  NGC 4911  ·  NGC 4919  ·  NGC 4921
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Abell 1656, Andreas Preusker
Abell 1656
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Abell 1656

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Abell 1656

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The Coma galaxy cluster or Abell 1656 contains over 1,000 identified galaxies and is located in the constellation Coma Berenices. The mean distance is 100 Mpc (300 mio. Ly) from the sun, the diameter is approx. 7 Mpc (20 mio. Ly). Along with the Leo cluster it is one of the two major clusters of the Coma Supercluster.

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