HR 2096 [SEP] constellation
HR 2096
HR 2096, also known as HD 40325 is a double star in the constellation Auriga. It is composed of two ageing orange giants of spectral types K0III and K2III. It is not a member of any known moving group of stars.
Messier 88
Messier 88 (also known as M88 or NGC 4501) is a spiral galaxy about 50 to 60 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. It was discovered by Charles Messier in 1781.
Properties.
M88 is one of the fifteen Messier objects that belong to the nearby Virgo Cluster of galaxies. It is galaxy number 1401 in the Virgo Cluster Catalogue (VCC) of 2096 galaxies that are candidate members of the cluster. M88 may be on a highly elliptical orbit that is carrying it