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C35 · galaxy

NGC 4889

NGC 4889 is an E4 supergiant elliptical galaxy.

RA13h 00m 08sDec+27° 58' 36"

Image: NASA / JPL-Caltech / L. Jenkins (GSFC). Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

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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
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Visibility tonight

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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

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References

Wikipedia title resolved via designation — fell back to an alternate catalog designation.

1 merge conflict resolved
  • coordinates: SIMBAD missing → NED used