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NGC 4216
Virgo 
Penryn, California
March 2004
FS-128G  (ag, ST-4)
ST-10XME LRGB   15 minutes each

NGC 4216 is an a metal rich barred spiral galaxy (SBb) at approximately 40 million light years distant.  The nearly edge on galaxy to the upper right is NGC 4206, the galaxy to the lower left is NGC 4222.

This image was acquired during a first quarter moon.