NGC 4302 is an edge-on spiral galaxy [3] located about 55 million light-years away [3] [4] in the constellation Coma Berenices. It was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on April 8, 1784 [ 5 ] and is a member of the Virgo Cluster .

2017年4月20日 · This video zooms into the Virgo Cluster of nearly 2,000 galaxies, then into tight Hubble Space Telescope images of spiral galaxies NGC 4302 (left) and NGC 4298 (right) in visible and infrared light. Located approximately 55 million light-years away, the starry pair offers a...

NGC 4302 is a Spiral Galaxy in the Coma Berenices constellation. NGC 4302 is situated close to the celestial equator and, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year.

The edge-on galaxy on the left is called NGC 4302, and the slanted galaxy on the right is NGC 4298. Despite appearances, these galaxies are similar in terms of structure, contents, and distance from Earth. A telltale, pinwheel-like structure is visible in NGC 4298. The spiral arms are made up of gas, dust, and young stars that

2018年5月15日 · The edge-on galaxy is called NGC 4302, and the tilted galaxy is NGC 4298. These galaxies look quite different because we see them angled at different positions on the sky. From our view on Earth, researchers report an inclination of 90 degrees for NGC 4302, which is exactly edge on.

2017年4月21日 · Explanation: Seen edge-on, spiral galaxy NGC 4302 (left) lies about 55 million light-years away in the well-groomed constellation Coma Berenices. A member of the large Virgo Galaxy Cluster, it spans some 87,000 light-years, a little smaller than our own Milky Way.

2021年3月31日 · The edge-on galaxy is called NGC 4302, and the tilted galaxy is NGC 4298. These galaxies look quite different because we see them angled at different positions on the sky.

2017年4月20日 · The spiral galaxies NGC 4302 (left) and NGC 4298 (right) are visualized in three dimensions and rotated to showcase how they might look if viewed from other perspectives. Each galaxy could be seen as a roughly circular face-on spiral, as a long, thin, edge-on spiral, or as any of the oblong shapes in between.

2017年4月20日 · This is an infrared image of the galaxy pair NGC 4302 and NGC 4298 taken with Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3. The infrared light pierces through the dust lanes and shows significantly more stars than seen in visible light. In the infrared, the edge-on NGC 4302 is brighter than in the visible view.

NGC 4298 is the lower galaxy. This is a 9 minute exposure with an ST-6 CCD camera thru Kopernik's 20-inch F/8.1 Ritchey Chretien Cassegrain telescope. The field of view is about 5x7 arc minutes, with west at the top. NGC 4302: Bright middle, nucleus hidden by strong dark lane.