
C35 · galaxy
NGC 4889
NGC 4889 is an E4 supergiant elliptical galaxy.
Image: NASA / JPL-Caltech / L. Jenkins (GSFC). Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Identity & coordinates
Identification
- Primary designation
- C35
- All designations
- C35 · NGC 4889
- Object type
- Galaxy
- Constellation
- Coma Berenices
- Best viewing
- Spring
Coordinates & physical
- Right ascension (J2000)
- 13h 00m 08s
- Declination (J2000)
- +27° 58' 36"
- Apparent magnitude (V)
- —
- Distance
- —
- Redshift (z)
- 0.021500
Visibility tonight
The science
NGC 4889 is an E4 supergiant elliptical galaxy. It was discovered in 1785 by the British astronomer Frederick William Herschel I, who catalogued it as a bright, nebulous patch. The brightest galaxy within the northern Coma Cluster, it is located at a median distance of 94 million parsecs from Earth. At the core of the galaxy is a supermassive black hole that heats the intracluster medium through the action of friction from infalling gases and dust. The gamma ray bursts from the galaxy extend out to several million light-years from the cluster.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia · CC-BY-SA-4.0
References
- SIMBAD Not resolved
- NED Fetched May 8, 2026 View in NED ↗
- Wikipedia Fetched May 8, 2026 Read full article ↗
Wikipedia title resolved via designation — fell back to an alternate catalog designation.
1 merge conflict resolved
- coordinates: SIMBAD missing → NED used



