Constellation: Coma Berenices
Distance: 58,000 light years
Apparent Magnitude: 7.61
Actual Size: 210 light years
Visual Size: 13 arcminutes
Other Designations: NGC 5024
Discovered on February 3, 1775 by Johann Elert Bode. Independently rediscovered on February 26, 1777 by Charles Messier