Image: NGC 4261

Size of this preview: 600 × 600 pixels. Other resolutions: 240 × 240 pixels | 1,280 × 1,280 pixels.

Original image ‎(1,280 × 1,280 pixels, file size: 2.78 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Description: Quoting from the NOIR websiteː "A trail of celestial objects stretches across this excerpt from a First Look image captured by NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory. The most prominent feature is NGC 4261, the large elliptical galaxy in the top half of the image, which is located 100 million light-years away. In the bottom-left of the image is the lenticular galaxy NGC 4281." The image is an excerpt from the larger Virgo Cluster image. CREDITː RubinObs/NOIRLab/SLAC/NSF/DOE/AURA "Unless specifically noted, the images, and videos distributed on the public NOIRLab website, along with the texts of press releases, announcements, pictures of the week, blog posts and captions, are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License". Media use policy: https://noirlab.edu/public/copyright/
Title: NGC 4261
Credit: NOIRLab https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noirlab2521ae/
Author: RubinObs/NOIRLab/SLAC/NSF/DOE/AURA
Usage Terms: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
License: CC BY 4.0
License Link: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Attribution Required?: Yes

Image usage

The following page links to this image:

Vera C. Rubin Observatory

All content from Kiddle encyclopedia articles (including the article images and facts) can be freely used under Attribution-ShareAlike license, unless stated otherwise.