• Source: NGC 4656 and NGC 4657

ngc" target="_blank">NGC 4656/57 is a highly warped edge-on barred spiral galaxy located in the local universe 30 million light years away from Earth in the constellation Canes Venatici. This galaxy is sometimes called the Hockey Stick Galaxy or the Crowbar Galaxy. Its unusual shape is thought to be due to an interaction between ngc" target="_blank">NGC 4656, ngc" target="_blank">NGC 4631, and ngc" target="_blank">NGC 4627. The galaxy is a member of the ngc" target="_blank">NGC 4631 Group.
A luminous blue variable in "super-outburst" was discovered in ngc" target="_blank">NGC 4656/57 on March 21, 2005.




See also


Antennae Galaxies




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Hockey Stick (ngc" target="_blank">NGC 4656)
SEDS – ngc" target="_blank">NGC 4656

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Daftar objek NGC 4001 - 5000
• NGC 4656 and NGC 4657
• NGC 4631
• NGC 4631 Group
• List of NGC objects (4001–5000)
• NGC 4614
• NGC 4701