Dwarf Galaxy NGC 4214
noirlab_noao-ngc4214 June 30th, 2020
Credit: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage) and H. Schweiker (WIYN and NOIRLab/NSF/AURA)
This image was obtained with the wide-field view of the Mosaic camera on the Mayall 4-meter telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory. NGC 4214 is a dwarf galaxy that is much smaller than our own galaxy, the Milky Way. Despite its small size, NGC 4214 is undergoing vigorous star formation, made visible by the many red clouds of hydrogen gas. NGC 4214 has a companion, the very small galaxy UGCA 276, which is faintly visible in the upper-right corner of the picture. The image was generated with observations in B (blue), V (cyan), I (orange) and H-alpha (red) filters. This image is rotated counterclockwise 55 degrees from North is up, East is left.
Provider: NOIRLab
Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-ngc4214/
Curator: NSF's NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, USA
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- noao-ngc4214
- Subject Category
- Subject Name
- NGC 4214
- Credits
- T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage) and H. Schweiker (WIYN and NOIRLab/NSF/AURA)
- Release Date
- 2020-06-30T21:33:57
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-ngc4214/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope, Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope, Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope, Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope
- Instrument
- Mosaic I, Mosaic I, Mosaic I, Mosaic I
- Color Assignment
- Red, Orange, Cyan, Blue
- Band
- Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- Ha, I, V, B
- Central Wavelength
- 656, 805, 537, 436
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- None, None, None, None
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 183.7926085, 36.21792741
- Reference Dimension
- 4704.0, 2825.0
- Reference Pixel
- 3488.46051, 1874.341805
- Scale
- -7.25e-05, 7.26e-05
- Rotation
- 65.0217952
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- NSF's NOIRLab
- URL
- https://noirlab.edu
- Name
- Telephone
- Address
- 950 North Cherry Ave.
- City
- Tucson
- State/Province
- AZ
- Postal Code
- 85719
- Country
- USA
- Rights
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
- Publisher
- NSF's NOIRLab
- Publisher ID
- noirlab
- Resource ID
- noao-ngc4214
- Resource URL
- http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/noao-ngc4214.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2024-10-02T11:52:28.683029
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
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