M86-NGC4438 Complex (IMAGE)

Yale University

M86-NGC4438 Complex

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M86-NGC4438 complex: A deep image of part of the Virgo cluster revealing tendrils of ionized hydrogen gas 400,000 light-years long that connect the elliptical galaxy M86 (right) and the disturbed spiral galaxy NGC 4438 (left). Taken with the wide-field Mosaic imager on the National Science Foundation's Mayall 4-meter telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory.

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Tomer Tal and Jeffrey Kenney/Yale University and NOAO/AURA/NSF

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