NGC 4402

NGC 4402

 

NGC 4402 is a relatively near, edge-on spiral galaxy located around 50 million light-years from Earth. It is in the constellation of Virgo within the Virgo Cluster of galaxies. It can be seen when viewing Markarian's Chain

 

Data from the Hubble Space Telescope

 

Technical Details-

 

Filters:

Optical - 435nm (Blue)

Optical - 606nm (Green)

Optical - F814W (Red)

 

Image Credits: NASA/ESA/Hubble

Processing and copyright : AMAL BIJU

 

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