Spiral Galaxy M91
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! style="text-align:left;" | Apparent magnitude (V)
| +10.2
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! style="text-align:left;" | Apparent dimensions (V)
| 5.4' × 4.4'
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! style="text-align:left;" | Constellation
| Coma Berenices
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! style="text-align:left;" | Radius
| ?
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! style="text-align:left;" | Absolute magnitude (V)
| 13.3
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M91 (also known as NGC 4548) is a barred spiral galaxy about 60 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. It was most probably discovered by Charles Messier in 1781 and independently rediscovered by William Herschel on April 8, 1784. M91 is a member of the Virgo Cluster of galaxies.
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