Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  NGC 4217  ·  NGC 4226
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Holm 354 (incl. NGC 4217 & NGC 4226 ), Roland Schliessus
Holm 354 (incl. NGC 4217 & NGC 4226 )
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Holm 354 (incl. NGC 4217 & NGC 4226 )

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Holm 354 (incl. NGC 4217 & NGC 4226 ), Roland Schliessus
Holm 354 (incl. NGC 4217 & NGC 4226 )
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Holm 354 (incl. NGC 4217 & NGC 4226 )

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NGC 4217 is a Hubble-type Sb spiral galaxy in the northern sky. It is estimated to be 49 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 75,000 light-years across. The object is a so-called edge-on galaxy, i. H. we see them exactly in edge position. The spiral arms appear here only as dark dusty clouds, illuminated by the bright center of the galaxy. Together with NGC 4226 it forms the optical galaxy pair Holm 354.


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