Type

Supermassive

Location

in the constellation Coma Berenices

Distance

325 million light-years (100 megaparsecs)

Mass

1 billion to 9 billion times the mass of the Sun

Size

Diameter at least equal to the diameter of Neptune's orbit around the Sun

Discovery Methods

• Measuring the motions of gas
• Measuring the motions of stars

NGC 4061

An image of several galaxies in Coma Berenices. NGC 4061 is the bright blob on the right at the center of the image.

This document was last modified: November 19, 2009.