Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Coma Berenices (Com)  ·  Contains:  NGC 4712  ·  NGC 4725
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NGC4725 (Spiral galaxy in Coma Berenices), Ben Hayes
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NGC4725 (Spiral galaxy in Coma Berenices)

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NGC4725 (Spiral galaxy in Coma Berenices), Ben Hayes
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NGC4725 (Spiral galaxy in Coma Berenices)

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In the future, the plan is to collect Ha data to reveal the star-forming regions in this spiral galaxy's single arm.  Caltech posts a nice summary of the Spitzer telescope's infra-red image of NGC4725 here.

NGC4712 is the smaller, bright galaxy nearby.  They are part of the larger Coma-Sculptor Group of galaxies in the constellation Coma Berenices.

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NGC4725 (Spiral galaxy in Coma Berenices), Ben Hayes

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