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 |
Type: | Observation |
Release date: | 12 May 2011, 15:00 |
Related releases: | heic1109 |
Size: | 10470 x 10252 px |
About the Object
Name: | NGC 4214 |
Type: | Local Universe : Galaxy : Size : Dwarf |
Distance: | 10 million light years |
Constellation: | Canes Venatici |
Category: | Galaxies |
Image Formats
Large JPEG
80.7 MB
Publication TIFF 4K
20.1 MB
Publication JPEG
5.6 MB
Screensize JPEG
202.4 KB
Wallpapers
1024x768
207.5 KB
1280x1024
327.8 KB
1600x1200
466.8 KB
1920x1200
497.5 KB
2048x1536
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Coordinates
Position (RA): | 12 15 39.66 |
Position (Dec): | 36° 19' 31.12" |
Field of view: | 178.10 x 174.39 arcminutes |
Orientation: | North is 1.5° left of vertical |