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Wide-field view of NGC 4214 (ground-based image)

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esahubble_heic1109b May 12th, 2011

Credit: NASA, ESA, Digitized Sky Survey 2

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.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1109b/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: NGC 4214
Subject - Local Universe: Galaxy > Size > Dwarf

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Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 12h 15m 39.7s; DEC = 36° 19’ 31.1”
Orientation: North is 1.5° CCW
Field of View: 3.0 x 2.9 degrees
Constellation: Canes Venatici

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	DSS (None)	Infrared (I)	-
	DSS (None)	Optical (B)	-

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ID: heic1109b
Subject Category: C.5.2.2
Subject Name: NGC 4214
Credits: NASA, ESA, Digitized Sky Survey 2

Release Date: 2011-05-12T15:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1109b/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes

Facility: DSS, DSS
Instrument: None, None
Color Assignment: Red, Blue

Band: Infrared, Optical
Bandpass: I, B
Central Wavelength

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Integration Time
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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 183.915264608, 36.3253102078
Reference Dimension: 10470.0, 10252.0

Reference Pixel: 5235.0, 5126.0
Scale: -0.00028350115604, 0.00028350115604
Rotation: 1.4800000000000004
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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Notes

Creator (Curator): ESA/Hubble
URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/
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Email

Telephone
Address: Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City: Garching bei München
State/Province

Postal Code: D-85748
Country: Germany
Rights: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Publisher: ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID: esahubble
Resource ID: heic1109b

Resource URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/heic1109b.tif
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Metadata Date: 2011-03-07T17:26:39+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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