Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Virgo (Vir)  ·  Contains:  IC 771  ·  NGC 4206  ·  NGC 4216  ·  NGC 4222
NGC 4216 and friends, AlBroxton
NGC 4216 and friends
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NGC4216 is a metal-rich intermediate spiral galaxy located not far from the center of the Virgo Cluster of galaxies, roughly 40 million light-years away. NGC4216 Another Virgo cluster spiral, NGC4216 has been classified as a WR-galaxy, based on detected He II {lambda}4686 emission from a few regions within NGC4216 (Schaerer et al. 1999). (1989b) . Discovered by William Herschel.

Observation Notes : pretty bright, large, much elongated with a very bright middle at 100X. The fascinating thing about this object is that it is within a 30' field of two other edge on galaxies. The northernmost is extremely faint, pretty small, very much elongated and not brighter in the middle. The southernmost is faint, pretty small, much elongated and somewhat brighter in the middle. With 4216 in the center of this array of spindle shaped galaxies, this is a spot that fascinated me.

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