NGC 6389


NGC6389 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation of Hercules. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of. However, five non-redshift measurements give a farther mean distance of. It was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on 29 June 1799.
NGC 6389 is an active galaxy nucleus candidate, i.e. it has a compact region at the center of a galaxy that emits a significant amount of energy across the electromagnetic spectrum, with characteristics indicating that this luminosity is not produced by the stars.

Supernovae

Two supernovae have been observed in NGC 6389:SN1992ab was discovered by Jean Mueller on 1 June 1992.SN2000M was discovered by Marco Migliardi during the Col Druscie Remote Observatory Supernova Search, on 27 February 2000.