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 • Galaxies Images/Videos |
| Distance: | 10 million light years |
Colours & filters
| Band | Telescope |
| Optical B |
DSS |
| Infrared I |
DSS |
