# Hubble captures spiral galaxy NGC 4698 in Virgo

The NASA/ESA telescope imaged the galaxy, about 55 million light-years from Earth.

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The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured an image of the spiral galaxy NGC 4698, about 55 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo. [^1]

Archival Hubble observations now stretch back 35 years, a span the astronomer David O'Ryan notes provides a treasure trove of data for finding astrophysical anomalies. [^3]

O'Ryan and fellow astronomer Pablo Gómez are mining that record with an AI tool called AnomalyMatch, which has scanned nearly 100 million image cutouts from the Hubble archive. [^2]

## What this stands on

1. The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope captured an image of the spiral galaxy NGC 4698, which is located approximately 55 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo. ([Phys.org](https://phys.org/news/2026-09-hubble-sync-galaxy.html), News, claim on record)
2. European astronomers David O’Ryan and Pablo Gómez used an AI tool called AnomalyMatch to scan nearly 100 million image cutouts from the Hubble Space Telescope archive. ([Space Daily](https://spacedaily.com/m-in-january-2026-european-astronomers-reported-running-a-pattern-spotting-program-across-nearly-100-million-image-cutouts-from-the-hubble-archive-finishing-the-job-in-two-and-a-half/), News)
3. David O’Ryan noted that archival observations from the Hubble Space Telescope now stretch back 35 years, providing a treasure trove of data for finding astrophysical anomalies. ([Space Daily](https://spacedaily.com/m-in-january-2026-european-astronomers-reported-running-a-pattern-spotting-program-across-nearly-100-million-image-cutouts-from-the-hubble-archive-finishing-the-job-in-two-and-a-half/), News)
4. An astronomy team reported finding approximately 50 faint 'ghost' dwarf galaxies located up to 100 million light-years from Earth, a result that could address gaps between cosmological models and observed satellite galaxy populations. ([Media Indonesia](https://mediaindonesia.com/teknologi/934792/misteri-alam-semesta-terkuak-astronom-temukan-50-galaksi-katai-hantu), News)
5. Elias 24b is a gas giant located in a protoplanetary disk around the young star Elias 24, situated approximately 400 light-years from Earth in the constellation Ophiuchus. ([Media Indonesia](https://mediaindonesia.com/teknologi/934768/ilmuwan-temukan-elias-eksoplanet-termuda-di-alam-semesta), News)
6. High-level infrared and millimeter-wave observations confirmed that a large gap in the Elias 24 protoplanetary disk was carved by the gravitational pull of the growing Elias 24b exoplanet. ([Media Indonesia](https://mediaindonesia.com/teknologi/934768/ilmuwan-temukan-elias-eksoplanet-termuda-di-alam-semesta), News)

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