About the Object
Name: | NGC 4321 | |
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Distance: |
56 million light years | |
Constellation: | Coma Berenices | |
Category: | Galaxies MIRI NIRCam |
Coordinates
Position (RA): | 12 22 57.92 |
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Position (Dec): | 15° 49' 6.47" |
Field of view: | 1.76 x 2.18 arcminutes |
Orientation: | North is 15.3° right of vertical |
Colours & filters
Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
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Infrared | 3.0 μm | James Webb Space Telescope NIRCam |
Infrared
PAH | 3.35 μm | James Webb Space Telescope NIRCam |
Infrared | 3.6 μm | James Webb Space Telescope NIRCam |
Infrared
PAH | 7.7 μm | James Webb Space Telescope MIRI |
Infrared
PAH | 7.7 μm | James Webb Space Telescope MIRI |
Infrared
Silicate | 10 μm | James Webb Space Telescope MIRI |
Infrared
PAH | 11 μm | James Webb Space Telescope MIRI |
Infrared | 21 μm | James Webb Space Telescope MIRI |
NGC 4321
This spiral galaxy was observed as part of the Physics at High Angular resolution in Nearby GalaxieS (PHANGS) program, a large project that includes observations from several space- and ground-based telescopes of many galaxies to help researchers study all phases of the star formation cycle, from the formation of stars within dusty gas clouds to the energy released in the process that creates the intricate structures revealed by Webb’s new images.
NGC 4321 is 56 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices.
Learn more about what can be seen in this vast collection of Webb images here.
[Image description: Webb’s image of NGC 4321 shows a face-on spiral galaxy anchored by its central region, which is located at far right, midway down, slightly cut off at far right. Darker, filamentary orange arms spiral away counterclockwise, showing only arc shapes.]
Credit:NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, J. Lee (STScI), T. Williams (Oxford), PHANGS Team