NGC 4302 is an edge-on spiral galaxy[3] located about 55 million light-years away[3][4] in the constellation Coma Berenices.

The apparent bending of many of the large complexes toward the north of the galaxy appears to be due to an interaction with the intracluster medium caused by the motion of NGC 4302 as it falls into the Virgo Cluster.

[13] The presence of a boxy/peanut bulge in NGC 4302[15] suggests that the galaxy contains a thickened bar that is viewed edge-on.

[2][21][22] First identified by Chung et al., NGC 4302 has a ~52,000 ly (16 kpc)[17] tail of neutral atomic hydrogen (HI)[2][11][16][17][18][20][23] that extends to the north of the galaxy.

[23] The HI tail is pointed away from M87 which suggests that NGC 4302 is falling into the center of the Virgo Cluster on a highly radial orbit.