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NGC 4889

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Radius125,000 light years
Distance to Earth308 million light years
Magnitude12. 9
Absolute magnitude-23. 76
Constellation Canes Venatici
Apparent magnitude (V)12. 9
Date of Reg.
Date of Upd.
ID2354019
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About NGC 4889


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.

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