Wide-field view of NGC 4214 (ground-based image)
This ground-based image of the area around NGC 4214 shows this dwarf irregular galaxy in its context. The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has made a close-up image of the galaxy which reveals more detail, including evidence of current and recent star formation.
Credit:NASA, ESA, Digitized Sky Survey 2
About the Image
| Id: | heic1109b |
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| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 12 May 2011, 15:00 |
| Related releases: | heic1109 |
| Size: | 10470 x 10252 px |
About the Object
| Name: | NGC 4214 |
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| Type: | Local Universe : Galaxy : Size : Dwarf |
| Distance: | 10 million light years |
| Constellation: | Canes Venatici |
| Category: | Galaxies |
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Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 12 15 39.66 |
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| Position (Dec): | 36° 19' 31.12" |
| Field of view: | 178.10 x 174.39 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 1.5° left of vertical |
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