... Anemic Galaxy NGC 4921 at the Edge . ... Credit: NASA , ESA , K. Cook ( LLNL ) Explanation: How far away is spiral galaxy NGC 4921? ... Toward this goal, this image was taken by the Hubble Space Telescope in order to help identify key stellar distance markers know as Cepheid variable stars. Since NGC 4921 is a member of the Coma Cluster of Galaxies , refining its distance would also allow a better distance determination to one of the largest nearby clusters in the local universe. ...