NGC 4394 is a splended barred spiral galaxy. It's 53.8 million light years away in Coma Berenices.
William Herschel discovered it in 1784 and I'm sure he would have loved to see the beautiful detail that we can see today.
The galaxy is probably a member of the Virgo Cluster of galaxies in the heart of the Virgo Supercluster. The barred spiral has bright spiral arms emerging from the ends of a bar that cuts through the galaxy's central bulge. Dotted around the arms are young blue stars, fuzzy bright stellar nurseries, and filaments of dark cosmic dust.
