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NGC4438 and Markarian's Chain, Jan Bielański
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NGC4438 and Markarian's Chain

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NGC4438 and Markarian's Chain

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NGC 4438 the Eyes Galaxies also known as Arp 120 is a part of Markarian's Chain. In the past galaxy is a typical spiral objects but after collision with neighbors galaxies the structure become strong deformed. Current nearest neighbor is a NGC4435 and big M86 galaxy. The Kitt Peak Observatory detect a hydrogen fiber long for a 400 000 ly which joint the NGC 4438 and M86. On the image are more objects:
- M84, M86, M87, M88
- NGC4351, NGC4371, NGC4402, NGC4387, NGC4388, NGC4413,
  NGC4446, NGC4447, NGC4435, NGC4438, NGC4425, NGC4431,
  NGC4436, NGC4440, NGC4452, NGC4459, NGC4458, NGC4461,
  NGC4468, NGC4474, NGC4477, NGC4479, NGC4473, NGC4476,
  NGC4478, NGC4497

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NGC4438 and Markarian's Chain, Jan Bielański

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