Composite image showing NGC 4522 within its home cluster
This image shows NGC 4522 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: | heic0911e |
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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 4522 |
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| Type: | Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Spiral Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Barred |
| Distance: | 60 million light years |
| Category: | Galaxies |
