Composite image showing NGC 4402 within its home cluster
This image shows NGC 4402 within the context of the Virgo Cluster.
Credit:NASA, ESA and the Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble)
About the Image
Id: | heic0911g |
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Type: | Collage |
Release date: | 30 September 2009, 15:00 |
Related releases: | heic0911 |
Size: | 3094 x 2189 px |
About the Object
Name: | NGC 4402 |
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Type: | Milky Way : Galaxy : Type : Spiral |
Distance: | 55 million light years |
Category: | Galaxies |