Mice Galaxies
Also known as NGC 4676
Mice Galaxies is a galaxy pair in the constellation Coma Berenices, about 331.05 million light-years from Earth.
Pair of interacting galaxies
Facts
| Type | Galaxy pair (shape Sdm) |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Coma Berenices |
| Position (J2000) | 12h 46m 10s, +30° 43′ |
| Distance | 331.05 million light-years (its light set off about 331.05 million years ago) |
| Size on the sky | 2.3′ × 0.5′ (the full Moon is about 31′) |
| Filter | No filter (It shines in starlight of every colour, so a nebula filter would only dim it; a dark sky helps more.) |
| Redshift | z = 0.0225 |
| Studied in | 319 scientific papers (SIMBAD) |
When and how to see it
Mice Galaxies is highest in the sky at midnight in April. From India (about 20° N) it climbs to about 79° above the horizon; from 50° N, to about 71°.
Heights are worked out for India and for 50° N. Set your location in Settings to see them for where you are.
For tonight's best time from your own town, the darkness and the Moon, open it on the map and see its "Tonight from your location" card.
More in Coma Berenices
- Black Eye Galaxy (M64)
- Coma Pinwheel (M99)
- M53 (NGC 5024)
- M85 (NGC 4382)
- M88 (NGC 4501)
- M91 (NGC 4548)
- M98 (NGC 4192)
- M100 (NGC 4321)
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Data: SIMBAD (CDS, Strasbourg; the site's weekly copy) · OpenNGC · Data sources & credits