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 |
Type: | Collage |
Release date: | 30 September 2009, 15:00 |
Related releases: | heic0911 |
Size: | 3094 x 2189 px |
About the Object
Name: | NGC 4402 |
Type: | Milky Way : Galaxy : Type : Spiral |
Distance: | 55 million light years |
Category: | Galaxies |
Colours & filters
Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
---|---|---|
Optical B | 435 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
ACS |
Optical B | DSS | |
Optical V | 606 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
ACS |
Infrared I | 814 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
ACS |
Infrared I | DSS |