About NGC 4889 (C35)

NGC 4889 is a rewarding deep-sky target and appears as a soft glow. It is quite faint.

Current visibility

Right now it is at about 42° altitude and reaches 62° around 12:49 AM.

It stays above 30° for roughly 8 hours.

Galaxies are sensitive to light pollution, subtle features are easily lost in bright skies.

Observing tips

It can be challenging under typical skies.

What to expect

It is less prominent than the brightest objects in the catalog.

Type

Galaxy

Constellation

Coma Berenices

Distance

300000000 ly

Size

Season

Spring

Difficulty

Very Hard

Magnitude

11.4