Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  NGC 4395
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NGC 4395 * An unusual Galaxy, Johannes Teupen
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NGC 4395 * An unusual Galaxy

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NGC 4395 * An unusual Galaxy, Johannes Teupen
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NGC 4395 * An unusual Galaxy

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The galaxy NGC 4365 is located in the constellation Canes Venatici, about 15 million light-years away from us. Its shape is quite irregular, it is a transition from a spiral to a bar spiral.
Inside the galaxy there is a black hole with a particularly low mass. Estimates range from 10,000 to 100,000 times the mass of the Sun.

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NGC 4395 * An unusual Galaxy, Johannes Teupen