Markarian 876 (Mrk 876) known as PG 1613+658, is an elliptical galaxy located in the constellation of Draco.
With a velocity relative to the cosmic microwave background of 36,302 ± 60 kilometers per seconds, the galaxy is located 1.75 billion light years from Earth.
[2] A barred spiral galaxy companion is found lying at the same redshift, indicating the peculiar structure in Markarian 876 might be directly caused by a strong gravitational interaction with the object.
[2] The mass of the black hole in the center of Markarian 876 is estimated to be (2.2 ± 1.0) x 108 Mʘ based on an optical reverberation campaign.
[4] An emission line is found connected with the source of the galaxy with a rest-frame energy of 4.80+0.05-0.04 keV.