NGC 4490, NGC 4485
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Type Location r.a. dec. Size Magnitude Distance
Galaxy CVn 12h30.6 +41°38' 5.9' x 3.1' 10 40 Mly ???

NGC 4490 (also called the Cocoon galaxy) and NGC 4485, make a beautiful highly distorted pair of galaxies. They are located in constellation Canes Venatici, at a distance of about 40 million light-years.

The pair is also called ARP269, NGC 4485 is North.

 

NGC 4490, NGC 4485

 

Date Telescope Binning Exp Time (s) Special processing Notes
May 6, 2003 Centurion
18"		 L 1:1
RGB 3:1		 L 3x300
R,G,B 300		 LRGB, Max Entropy, DDP Image sampling: .9"/pixel