Credit of the composite image: Y. Stein (CDS), NRAO, SDSS, KPNO 0.9m, J. English (U. Manitoba), R.-J. Dettmar and A. Miskolczi (Ruhr U.), R.J. Rand (U.N.M.), and J. Irwin (Queen’s U.).
Dr. Judith Irwin (Principal Investigator) and her colleagues/members from project CHANG-ES (Continuum HAlos in Nearby Galaxies - an EVLA Survey) have released a Radio/Optical composite image of the galaxy NGC 4217, a star forming, spiral galaxy. For more information about the exciting image results, please visit Magnetic Field of a Spiral Galaxy