NGC 4889 [SEP] constellation
latter designation, NGC 4889, which is in use today.
In December 1995, Patrick Caldwell Moore compiled the Caldwell catalogue, a list of 109 persistent, bright objects that were somehow missed by Messier in his catalogue. The list also includes NGC 4889, which is given the designation Caldwell 35.
Properties.
NGC 4889 is located along the high declination region of Coma Berenices, south of the constellation Canes Venatici. It can be traced by following the line from Beta Comae Berenices to Gamma Comae Berenices. With
NGC 6041
NGC 6041 is a giant elliptical galaxy located about 470 million light-years away in the constellation Hercules. NGC 6041 has an extended envelope that is distorted towards the galaxy pair Arp 122. NGC 6041 is the brightest galaxy (BCG) in the Hercules Cluster. The galaxy was discovered by astronomer Édouard Stephan on June 27, 1870.
See also.
- List of NGC objects (6001–7000)
- Messier 87
- NGC 1399
- NGC 4874
- NGC 4889