NGC 4214

NGC 4214 is a dwarf barred irregular galaxy located around 10 million light-years away in the constellation Canes Venatici.

Characteristics

NGC 4214 is both larger and brighter than the Small Magellanic Cloud 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.

NGC 4214 also has two older super star clusters, both with an age of 200 million years and respective masses of 2.6*10⁵ y 1.5*10⁶solar masses

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References

External links

Media related to NGC 4214 at Wikimedia Commons