NGC 4762: A Galaxy on The Edge

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This image was held in the Hubble Telecom 2014. The cosmic object that appears in the picture is named NGC 4762. The galaxy is located in Virgo Cluster. According to nature it is a lenticular galaxy.
Its diameter is about 1 lac light years. It is believed that the thickness of this galaxy is almost the same as the Milky Way.

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