Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Coma Berenices (Com)  ·  Contains:  NGC 4725
Getting plate-solving status, please wait...
NGC 4725 - Spiral Galaxy in Coma Berenices, Hap Griffin
NGC 4725 - Spiral Galaxy in Coma Berenices
Powered byPixInsight

NGC 4725 - Spiral Galaxy in Coma Berenices

Getting plate-solving status, please wait...
NGC 4725 - Spiral Galaxy in Coma Berenices, Hap Griffin
NGC 4725 - Spiral Galaxy in Coma Berenices
Powered byPixInsight

NGC 4725 - Spiral Galaxy in Coma Berenices

Equipment

Loading...

Acquisition details

Loading...

Description

NGC 4725 is peculiar in that this spriral galaxy only has one main spiral arm rather than the normal two. The outer gas and dust regions can also be seen to have their own spiral structure. Many other distant galaxies can be spotted in this image as well.

NGC 4725 lies at a distance of 41 million light-years and is over 100,000 light-years in diameter.

Comments

Sky plot

Sky plot

Histogram

NGC 4725 - Spiral Galaxy in Coma Berenices, Hap Griffin