NGC 3610 is an ellliptical galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major. Tha galaxy is at a distance of about 80 million light years and was discovered in 1793 by William Herschel.
In 1990 a group of german astronomers detected a disk in NGC 3610. This was a surprising discovery as disks are normaly a distinguish feature of spiral galaxies.Credit:
Francois Schweizer (CIW/DTM)
About the Image
|Release date:||21 October 1997, 19:00|
|Size:||400 x 400 px|