A least square fit to the data gives , lower than the RC3 value (2210 1 , and M for a distance to NGC 4261 of 30 Mpc. A least square fit to the data gives , lower than the RC3 value (2210 1 , and M for a distance to NGC 4261 of 30 Mpc. This is a Hubble Space Telescope image of an 800 light-year wide spiral dust disk driving a massive black hole at the centre of the galaxy NGC 4261, 100 million light-years away, towards the constellation Virgo. According to this interpretation, a smaller galaxy was captured and pulled apart by the gravitational forces of NGC 4261. A least squares fit of the data yields a value lower than the RC3 value (2210 1), and M for a distance to NGC 4261 of 30 Mpc.
According to this interpretation, a smaller galaxy was captured and pulled apart by the gravitational forces of NGC 4261.NGC 4261 is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Virgo at a distance of about 100 million light years.
Who discovered NGC 4622?
To add to the mystery, NGC 4622 also has an inner arm that wraps around the galaxy in the opposite direction. The science team, consisting of Ron Buta and Gene Byrd of the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, and Tarsh Freeman of Bevill State Community College in Alabama, observed NGC 4622 with ultraviolet, infrared, blue and green filters. To the astronomers’ surprise, the galaxy, named NGC 4622, appears to be spinning in the opposite direction as they had expected. Ron Buta and Gene Byrd of the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, and Tarsh Freeman of Bevill State Community College in Alabama observed NGC 4622 with ultraviolet, infrared, blue and green filters.
What kind of galaxy is NGC 4565?
At the end of NGC 4565 is a very distant cluster of galaxies that is too faint to have been included in George Abell’s catalogue, but can be seen in depth images. NGC 4565, also known as the Needle Galaxy, is the most beautiful and brightest example of an edge-on spiral galaxy in the sky. NGC 4565 also appears to be an AGN, although it is not entirely clear whether it is a Seyfert or a LINER. Photographing NGC 4565 at three times the focal length (magnification) allowed me to capture this galaxy in detail.
NGC 4565 is probably one of the most beautiful non-Messier objects in the sky and is easily visible in almost all telescopes. The conspicuous dark trail is visible in telescopes from about 20 cm.
Who found the needle galaxy?
The central bulge of NGC 4565 is thought to be surrounded by about 240 globular clusters, far more than the number of such clusters surrounding our own Milky Way. Officially catalogued as NGC 4565 (or Caldwell 3), it is nicknamed the Needle Galaxy because at full size it forms a very narrow strip of light in the sky. The Needle Galaxy was first discovered in 1785 by the well-known astronomer Sir William HerschelSir William HerschelThe astronomer was born Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel in Germany and was the son of Anna Ilse Moritzen and Issak Herschel. Discovered by Sir William Herschel in 1785, NGC 4565 is about 40 million light years away from us.
