NGC 4414
| NGC 4414 | |
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as observed by the Hubble Space Telescope (HST)
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| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Coma Berenices |
| Right ascension | 12h 26m 27.1s[1] |
| Declination | +31° 13′ 25″[1] |
| Redshift | 716 ± 6 km/s[1] |
| Distance | 62.3 Mly[2] |
| Type | SA(rs)c[1] |
| Apparent dimensions (V) | 3′.6 × 2′.0[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 11.0[1] |
| Other designations | |
| UGC 7539,[1] PGC 40692[1] | |
NGC 4414 is an unbarred spiral galaxy about 62 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. It is a flocculent spiral galaxy, with short segments of spiral structure but without the dramatic well-defined spiral arms of a grand design spiral. In 1974 a supernova, SN 1974G, was observed and was the only supernova in this galaxy to be recorded until June 7, 2013 when SN 2013df was discovered at Magnitude 14.
It was imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope in 1995, as part of the HST's main mission to determine the distance to galaxies, and again in 1999 as part of the Hubble Heritage project. It has been part of an ongoing effort to study its Cepheid variable stars. The outer arms appear blue due to the continuing formation of young stars and include a possible Luminous Blue Variable with an absolute magnitude of −10[3]
NGC 4414 is also a very isolated galaxy without signs of past interactions with other galaxies[4] and despite not being a starburst galaxy shows a high density and richness of gas -both atomic and molecular, with the former extending far beyond its optical disk-[5]
References
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External links
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- Hubble Heritage Project NGC 4414
- Astronomy Picture of the Day April 3 2002
- ESA/Hubble image of NGC 4414
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