Composite image showing NGC 4402 within its home cluster
This image shows NGC 4402 within the context of the Virgo Cluster.
Credit:NASA, ESA and the Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble)
About the Image
| Id: | heic0911g |
| Type: | Collage |
| Release date: | 30 September 2009, 15:00 |
| Related releases: | heic0911 |
| Size: | 3094 x 2189 px |
About the Object
| Name: | NGC 4402 |
| Type: | Milky Way : Galaxy : Type : Spiral |
| Distance: | 55 million light years |
| Category: | Galaxies |
Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
|---|---|---|
| Optical B | 435 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
ACS |
| Optical B | DSS | |
| Optical V | 606 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
ACS |
| Infrared I | 814 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
ACS |
| Infrared I | DSS |