PHANGS-ALMA Radio Image of NGC 4321

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PHANGS-ALMA Radio Image of NGC 4321

ALMA image of galaxy NGC 4321, also known as Messier 100, an intermediate spiral galaxy located about 55 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Coma Berenices. It is imaged as part of the PHANGS-ALMA survey to study the properties of star-forming clouds in disk galaxies.

Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO); NRAO/AUI/NSF, B. Saxton

Technical Details
Telescope	ALMA; ALMA
Band	-; -
Date	2016-02-01T09:36
Center	RA: 12:22:54.83, Dec: 15:49:18.55
Field of View	3.8 x 3.4 arcminutes

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