Tags: Galaxy.

NGC 4656/57 is a galaxy located in the constellation Canes Venatici and is sometimes informally called the Hockey Stick Galaxies or the Crowbar Galaxy. The galaxy is a member of the NGC 4631 Group. A Luminous Blue Variable in super-outburst was discovered in NGC 4656/57 by Doug Rich on March 21 2005.

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