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Galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici

NGC 4214
NGC 4214 in Optical and near-infrared, imaged by Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Canes Venatici
Right ascension	12 15 39.17
Declination	+36° 19′ 36.8″
Redshift	0.000971
Heliocentric radial velocity	291 ± 1 km/s
Distance	9.72 ± 0.82 Mly (2.979 ± 0.252 Mpc)
Apparent magnitude (V)	10.2
Characteristics
Type	IAB(s)m
Size	~31,100 ly (9.53 kpc) (estimated)
Apparent size (V)	8.4′ × 6.6′
Other designations
KUG 1213+366, IRAS 12131+3636, NGC 4228, UGC 7278, MCG 6-27-42, PGC 39225, CGCG 187-32

NGC 4214 is a dwarf barred irregular galaxy located around 10 million light-years away in the constellation Canes Venatici. It was discovered on 28 April 1785 by German-British astronomer William Herschel. NGC 4214 is a member of the M94 Group.

Characteristics

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*10. and 1.5*10 solar masses.

Two satellites are known to exist around the vicinity of NGC 4214. One is DDO 113, which has an absolute V-band magnitude of −12.2. It stopped star formation around 1 billion years ago. Another, more recently discovered object is MADCASH-2, officially named MADCASH J121007+352635-dw. The name refers to the MADCASH (Magellanic Analog Dwarf Companions and Stellar Halos) project. It is similar to typical ultra-faint dwarf galaxies, with an absolute V-band magnitude of −9.15, except in that it shows evidence of multiple episodes of star formation in its recent past: one around 400 million years ago, and another 1.5 billion years ago.

One supernova has been observed in NGC 4214: SN 1954A (type Ib, mag. 9.8) was discovered by Paul Wild on 30 May 1954. In addition, the galaxy has hosted one luminous blue variable: SN 2010U (type LBV, mag. 16) was discovered by Kōichi Itagaki on 5 February 2010.

References

^ "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 4214. Retrieved 2007-03-30.
"Galaxy NGC 4214: A star formation laboratory". ESA/Hubble Photo Release. ESA/Hubble. Retrieved 12 May 2011.
Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue Objects: NGC 4214". Celestial Atlas. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
Karachentsev, Igor D.; Karachentseva, Valentina E.; Huchtmeier, Walter K.; Makarov, Dmitry I. (2003). "A Catalog of Neighboring Galaxies". The Astronomical Journal. 127 (4): 2031–2068. Bibcode:2004AJ....127.2031K. doi:10.1086/382905.
Ubeda, L.; Maíz-Apellániz, J.; MacKenty, J. W. (2004). H.J.G.L.M. Lamers; L.J. Smith; A. Nota (eds.). "Massive Young Star Clusters in NGC 4214". The Formation and Evolution of Massive Young Star Clusters, ASP Conference Series. 322: 221. Bibcode:2004ASPC..322..221U.
Larsen, Søren S.; Brodie, Jean P.; Hunter, Deidre A. (2004). "Dynamical Mass Estimates for Five Young Massive Stellar Clusters". The Astronomical Journal. 128 (5): 2295–2305. arXiv:astro-ph/0407373. Bibcode:2004AJ....128.2295L. doi:10.1086/424538. S2CID 36220968.
Carlin, Jeffrey L.; Mutlu-Pakdil, Burçin; Crnojević, Denija; Garling, Christopher T.; Karunakaran, Ananthan; Peter, Annika H. G.; Tollerud, Erik; Forbes, Duncan A.; Hargis, Jonathan R.; Lim, Sungsoon; Romanowsky, Aaron J.; Sand, David J.; Spekkens, Kristine; Strader, Jay (2021). "Hubble Space Telescope Observations of Two Faint Dwarf Satellites of Nearby LMC Analogs from MADCASH". The Astrophysical Journal. 909 (2): 211. arXiv:2012.09174. Bibcode:2021ApJ...909..211C. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/abe040. S2CID 229297953.
Hansen, Julie M. Vinter (4 June 1954). "Circular No. 1453". Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams. Observatory Copenhagen. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
"SN 1954A". Transient Name Server. IAU. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
"SN 2010U". Transient Name Server. IAU. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
Marion, G. H.; Vinko, J.; Wheeler, J. C.; Shetrone, M. (2010). "Supernova 2010U in NGC 4214". Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams. 2163: 1. Bibcode:2010CBET.2163....1M.

External links

Media related to NGC 4214 at Wikimedia Commons
Hubble Heritage site: Detailed information on the HST picture of 4214
Galaxy NGC 4214: A star formation laboratory ESA/Hubble photo release

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Astronomical catalog List of NGC objects 4001–5000

New General Catalogue 4000 to 4499

Constellation of Canes Venatici

Stars

Bayer	α α (Cor Caroli) β (Chara)
Flamsteed	4 5 6 10 19 20 21 24 25
Variable	R Y (La Superba) RS AM AW BH DG
HR	4997
Other	Gliese 521 HAT-P-12 HAT-P-36 (Tuiren) CWISE J1249+3621

Exoplanets	HAT-P-12b

Star clusters	Messier 3

Galaxies

Messier	51 a (Whirlpool Galaxy) b 63 94 106
NGC	4111 4138 4145 4151 4163 4183 4214 4217 4242 4244 4395 4399 4400 4401 4449 4485 4490 4534 4618 4625 4627 4631 4656 4657 4707 4800 4861 5002 5003 5005 5023 5033 5112 5223 5229 5238 5273 5371 5394
Numbered	I II
Other	3C 285 3C 286 3C 288 DDO 169 IC 883 IC 4182 IC 4263 IC 4271 I Zwicky 36 KKR 03 4C +41.26 TON 618

Galaxy clusters	Canes II Group M51 Group M94 Group NGC 4631 Group

Astronomical events	GRB 090429B SN 1994I SN 2005cs SN 2008ax

Characteristics

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