Jun 15, 2026

NGC 4490 The Cocoon Galaxy

NGC 4490 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the northern constellation of Canes Venatici. It was discovered by William Herschel in 1788 and is catalogued as NGC 4490 in the New General Catalogue. Together with its smaller companion NGC 4485, it forms the interacting galaxy pair Arp 269, included in Halton Arp's Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies...Read more



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