Galaxy Ngc 4753 is a photograph by National Optical Astronomy Observatories/science Photo Library which was uploaded on February 16th, 2021.
Galaxy Ngc 4753
Galaxy NGC 4753, coloured optical image. This elliptical galaxy is surrounded by an unusual network of dust filaments (green, upper left and lower... more
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Galaxy Ngc 4753
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Galaxy NGC 4753, coloured optical image. This elliptical galaxy is surrounded by an unusual network of dust filaments (green, upper left and lower right of central white disc). They are visible because they absorb the light of the galaxy's stars. They may be the remnants of a smaller galaxy which was absorbed in a collision. NGC 4753 is in the Virgo Cluster of galaxies, about 50 million light-years away. Photographed by the 4-metre Mayall telescope of the Kitt Peak National Observatory, Arizona, USA.
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February 16th, 2021
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