Pan video: M88
The focus of today’s ESA/Hubble Picture of the Month is an active spiral galaxy on a journey lasting hundreds of millions of years. The galaxy Messier 88 (M88), which is also known as NGC 4501, is located about 63 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices (Berenice’s Hair).
Learn more about this image here.
Credit:ESA/Hubble & NASA, D. Thilker and the MAUVE-HST Team, N. Bartmann (ESA/Hubble)
Music: Stellardrone - Billions and Billions
About the Video
| Id: | potm2605a |
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| Release date: | 29 May 2026, 10:00 |
| Duration: | 30 s |
| Frame rate: | 25 fps |