NGC 4214 is a dwarf barred irregular galaxy located around 10 million light-years[2] away in the constellation Canes Venatici. It was discovered on 28 April 1785 by German-British astronomer William Herschel.[3] NGC 4214 is a member of the M94 Group.
| 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 | 12h 15m 39.2s[1] |
| Declination | +36° 19′ 37″[1] |
| Redshift | 291 ± 3 km/s[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 10.2[1] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | IAB(s)m[1] |
| Apparent size (V) | 8.4′ × 6.6′[1] |
| Other designations | |
| KUG 1213+366, IRAS 12131+3636, NGC 4228, UGC 7278, MCG 6-27-42, PGC 39225, CGCG 187-32[1] | |
Characteristics
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NGC 4214 is both larger and brighter than the Small Magellanic Cloud[4] 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.[5]
NGC 4214 also has two older super star clusters, both with an age of 200 million years and respective masses of 2.6*10.5 and 1.5*106 solar masses.[6]
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.[7]
One supernova has been observed in NGC 4214: SN 1954A (type Ib, mag. 9.8).[8] In addition, the galaxy has hosted one luminous blue variable: SN 2010U (type LBV, mag. 16).[9][10]
See also
edit- NGC 4236 - a similar irregular galaxy
- List of NGC objects (4001–5000)
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g "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.
- ^ Transient Name Server entry for SN 1954A. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
- ^ Transient Name Server entry for SN 2010U. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
- ^ Green, Daniel W. E. (7 February 2010). "Electronic Telegram No. 2163". Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams. Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
External links
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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
