NGC 4485 and the Cocoon Galaxy

Located just 40′ northwest of 4th-magnitude Chara (Beta [β] Canum Venaticorum), the Cocoon Galaxy (NGC 4490) forms an intriguing pair with neighboring NGC 4485. Both were discovered by William Herschel in 1788 and are listed together as Arp 269. Studies reveal that sometime in the distant past, NGC 4485 and NGC 4490 collided with eachContinue reading “NGC 4485 and the Cocoon Galaxy”
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