NGC 4414

NGC 4414
as observed by the Hubble Space Telescope (HST)
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]
See also: Galaxy, List of galaxies

NGC 4414 is an unbarred spiral galaxy about 62 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. It is a flocculent 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 is the only supernova in this galaxy to be recorded so far.

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.

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h} "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 4414. http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/. Retrieved 2006-11-25. 
2. ^ "Pattern Speeds BIMA-SONG Galaxies with Molecule-Dominated ISMs Using the Tremaine-Weinberg Method". (Turner et al. 1998). arXiv:astro-ph/0406426. 

External links

• "The Hubble Space Telescope Key Project on the Extragalactic Distance Scale. XI. The Cepheids in NGC 4414". Astrophysical Journal 505 (1): 207–229. Bibcode 1998ApJ...505..207T. doi:10.1086/306150. 
• Hubble Heritage Project NGC 4414
• Astronomy Picture of the Day April 3 2002
• ESA/Hubble image of NGC 4414