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Proper Names	Coma Cluster, Coma Galaxy Cluster, Coma I
Catalogue Number	Abell 1656
Constellation	Coma Berenices
Right Ascension	12h 59m 49s
Declination	+27° 58' 50"
Distance	c. 333,000,000 light years c. 102,000,000 parsecs
Diameter	Apparent: 100' Actual: c.10 million light years
Number of galaxies	More than 1,000
Optimum Visibility	April
Notes	A cluster of more than a thousand galaxies some 330 million light years from the Milky Way, far beyond the Virgo Cluster, and dominated by two vast elliptical galaxies designated Coma B and NGC 4874.

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