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NGC 4490 · Cocoon Galaxy

NGC 4490 · Galaxy · Canes Venatici

Cocoon Galaxy

Also known as PGC 41333 · UGC 7651

Herschel 400
RASC Finest NGC

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Type: Galaxy
Constellation: Canes Venatici
Position (J2000): 12h 30m 36s · +41° 38′ 38″
Discovered: by William Herschel in 1788

Pictures: 0
Magnitude: 9.72; visual
Size: 6.7′ × 1.7′
Distance: ~28,000,000 ly
Best months: Feb–Apr

Catalogue data from OpenNGC by Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0. Distances, discoverers and common names from Wikidata, CC0.

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