Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Coma Berenices (Com)  ·  Contains:  IC 3943  ·  IC 3946  ·  IC 3949  ·  IC 3955  ·  IC 3973  ·  IC 4040  ·  IC 4042  ·  IC 4045  ·  IC 4051  ·  NGC 4854  ·  NGC 4860  ·  NGC 4864  ·  NGC 4865  ·  NGC 4869  ·  NGC 4871  ·  NGC 4873  ·  NGC 4874  ·  NGC 4881  ·  NGC 4883  ·  NGC 4886  ·  NGC 4889  ·  NGC 4895  ·  NGC 4898  ·  NGC 4907  ·  NGC 4908  ·  NGC 4911  ·  NGC 4919  ·  NGC 4921  ·  NGC 4923
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NGC 4889 and the Coma Galaxy Group, William Maxwell
NGC 4889 and the Coma Galaxy Group
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NGC 4889 and the Coma Galaxy Group

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NGC 4889 and the Coma Galaxy Group, William Maxwell
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NGC 4889 and the Coma Galaxy Group

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These images blow my mind. There are the three more obvious galaxies (NGC 4889, 4874, 4921), but there are so many beyond that the mind reaches saturation. 

It wasn't that long ago when we humans thought the Milky Way was the entire universe and not too far beyond that when our concept of the universe shrunk to well within our own solar system. Beyond that it shrunk to a few spheres hovering over the Earth.

I think Carl Sagan said astronomy is a humbling pursuit.

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NGC 4889 and the Coma Galaxy Group, William Maxwell

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