NGC 4214
| NGC 4214 | |
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Optical and near-infrared image, taken using the Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3)
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| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Canes Venatici |
| Right ascension | 12h 15m 39.2s |
| Declination | +36° 19′ 37″ |
| Redshift | 291 ± 3 km/s |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 10.2 |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | IAB(s)m |
| Apparent size (V) | 8′.4 × 6′.6 |
| Other designations | |
| UGC 7278,PGC 39225 | |
NGC 4214 is a dwarf barred irregular galaxy located around 10 million light-years away in the constellation Canes Venatici.
NGC 4214 is both larger and brighter than the Small Magellanic Cloud as well as a starburst galaxy, with the largest star-forming regions (NGC 4214-I and NGC 4214-II) in the galaxy's center. Of the two, NGC 4214-I contains a super star cluster rich in Wolf-Rayet stars and NGC 4214-II is younger (age less than 3 million years), including a number of star clusters and stellar associations.
NGC 4214 also has two older super star clusters, both with an age of 200 million years and respective masses of 2.6*105 y 1.5*106solar masses
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