Spaceimages - Astrofotografie by Jens Zippel

NGC 4214 (or NGC 4228) is an irregular galaxy with extensive Hubble-type IBm star-forming regions in the constellation Canes Venatici in the northern sky.

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Object:	NGC 4214
Date of exposures:	24.03.2020, 25.03.2020
Distance:	14 Mio. Lightyears
Exposures:	Lum: 98 x 180 Sec., RGB: 203 x 180 Sec., Sum: 14,9 hrs.
Telescope:	10'', F4 Newton
Focal length:	1000 mm
Filter:	Astrodon LRGB, E-Series
Camera:	ASI 1600 MMC Pro
Guiding:	Off Axis Guider, Lodestar
Mount:	EQ8

It is estimated to be 14 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 30,000 light years. The galaxies NGC 4163 and NGC 4190 are located in the same area of the sky.

In this galaxy many new stars and star clusters are formed, recognizable by the white-blueish light. Scientists suspect that the massive stars of the star cluster in the center will soon explode as supernovae. The supernovae SN 1954A (Type Ib) and SN 2010U have already been observed here. The object was discovered on 28 April 1785 by the German-British astronomer Wilhelm Herschel.

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