Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Virgo (Vir)  ·  Contains:  IC 790  ·  NGC 4410  ·  PGC 1357051  ·  PGC 1358003  ·  PGC 1359216  ·  PGC 40640  ·  PGC 40694  ·  PGC 40711  ·  PGC 40736  ·  PGC 40776  ·  PGC 94212  ·  PGC 94214
NGC 4410 Group, Gary Imm
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NGC 4410 Group

NGC 4410 Group, Gary Imm
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NGC 4410 Group

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This image captures 4 interacting galaxies located 330 million light years away in the constellation of Virgo at a declination of +9 degrees. Each galaxy spans about 1 arc-minute in our apparent view, which corresponds to an actual diameter of 90,000 light years.

I am fascinated by the star streams which faintly connect the four main galaxies in this image. The structures of these galaxies are also very interesting. The left galaxy (PGC 40736) is a strongly barred ring galaxy, with a long bar that has some interesting curvature to it. The right pair of galaxies (NGC 4410 and PGC 40694) appear very close together with distinct dust lanes within their disks.

Many other interesting galaxies are in the background, including the large faint galaxy PGC 40640 at lower right.

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