... Star Streams of NGC 4216 . ... Some 40 million light-years distant, edge-on spiral galaxy NGC 4216 is nearly 100,000 light-years across, about the size of our own Milky Way. Found in the dense Virgo Galaxy Cluster, NGC 4216 is centered in this deep telescopic portrait flanked by fellow Virgo cluster members NGC 4206 (right) and NGC 4222. ... About 300 million light-years away, only four galaxies of the group are actually locked in a cosmic dance of repeated close encounters. ...