NGC 4569

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galex_glx2007-05f_img04 November 14th, 2007

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Palomar

This image from NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer shows the galaxy NGC 4569, located about four million light-years away in the constellation Virgo. It is one of the largest and brightest spiral galaxies found in the Virgo cluster of galaxies, the nearest major galaxy cluster to our Milky Way galaxy.

Blue represents ultraviolet light captured by the telescope's long-wavelength detector. Green shows ultraviolet light from the short-wavelength detector, and red shows red visible light from the Palomar 1.5-meter telescope, near San Diego.

The Galaxy Evolution Explorer data was taken in March 2004.

Provider: Galaxy Evolution Explorer

Image Source: /image/galex/glx2007-05f_img04

Curator: Galaxy Evolution Explorer

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Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
NGC 4569
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Type > Spiral
Galaxy > Type > Barred

Distance

Universescale2
60,000,000 light years
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glx2007-05f_img04
Subject Category
C.5.1.1.   C.5.1.2.  
Subject Name
NGC 4569
Credits
NASA/JPL-Caltech/Palomar
Release Date
2007-11-14
Lightyears
60,000,000
Redshift
60,000,000
Reference Url
/image/galex/glx2007-05f_img04
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Observation
Image Quality
Good
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FITS Header
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Galaxy Evolution Explorer
URL
http://www.galex.caltech.edu
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Galaxy Evolution Explorer
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galex
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/image/galex/glx2007-05f_img04
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Metadata Date
2023-04-12T00:45:10Z
Metadata Version
1.2
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