NGC 4881
NGC 4881 is an elliptical galaxy in the northern constellation of Coma Berenices. It was discovered by the German astronomer Heinrich Louis d'Arrest on April 22, 1865. John L. E. Dreyer described it as "faint, small, a little extended, 9th magnitude star to southwest". This object is located at a distance of approximately  from the Milky Way. It is a member of the Coma cluster of galaxies, positioned around  to the north of the cluster's center with no nearby galactic neighbors. The morphological class of this galaxy is E0, indicating it is an elliptical galaxy with a spherically symmetric form. It does not display any unusual or peculiar features. A total of 88 globular cluster candidates have been identified orbiting this galaxy, which yields an estimated total of . It has an unusually low frequency of globulars for a galaxy of this type. See also
 Mice Galaxies
 Virgo A

References

External links 
 
 APOD: Elliptical Galaxy NGC 4881 in Coma (11/6/1996)
 HST: Galaxy NGC 4881 and the Coma cluster
 Coma Cluster at ESA/Hubble

Elliptical galaxies
Coma Cluster
Coma Berenices
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