<i>Herschel</i>-SPIRE observations of the disturbed galaxy NGC 4438
<i>Herschel</i>-SPIRE observations of the disturbed galaxy NGC 4438
We present <i>Herschel<i/>-SPIRE observations of the perturbed galaxy NGC 4438 in the Virgo cluster. These images reveal the presence of extra-planar dust up to ~4–5 kpc away from the galaxy's disk. The dust closely follows the distribution of the stripped atomic and molecular hydrogen, supporting the idea that gas and …