NGC 4414
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Spiral Galaxy NGC 4414 |
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| Observation data (Epoch J2000) |
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| 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? II[1] |
| Apparent dimensions (V) | 3′.6 × 2′.0[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | +10.96[1] |
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NGC 4414 is a spiral galaxy about 62 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. It is a flocculent galaxy, without well defined spiral arms. In 1974 a supernova, SN 1974G, was observed and is the only supernova in NGC 4414 to be recorded so far.
NGC 4414 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.
[edit] External links
- The Hubble Space Telescope Key Project on the Extragalactic Distance Scale. XI. The Cepheids in NGC 4414, Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 505, Iss. 1, pp. 207-229
- Hubble Heritage Project NGC 4414
- Astronomy Picture of the Day April 3 2002
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