NGC 4214 · galaxy
NGC 4214
NGC 4214 is a dwarf barred irregular galaxy located around 10 million light-years away in the constellation Canes Venatici.
RA12h 15m 39sDec+36° 19' 36"
Identity & coordinates
Identification
- Primary designation
- NGC 4214
- All designations
- NGC 4214
- Object type
- Galaxy
- Constellation
- Canes Venatici
- Best viewing
- Spring
Coordinates & physical
- Right ascension (J2000)
- 12h 15m 39s
- Declination (J2000)
- +36° 19' 36"
- Apparent magnitude (V)
- —
- Distance
- —
- Redshift (z)
- 0.000971
Visibility tonight
The science
NGC 4214 is a dwarf barred irregular galaxy located around 10 million light-years away in the constellation Canes Venatici. It was discovered on 28 April 1785 by German-British astronomer William Herschel. NGC 4214 is a member of the M94 Group.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia · CC-BY-SA-4.0
References
- SIMBAD Not resolved
- NED Fetched May 8, 2026 View in NED ↗
- Wikipedia Fetched May 8, 2026 Read full article ↗
Wikipedia title resolved via id — the catalog designation was a Wikipedia article title directly.
1 merge conflict resolved
- coordinates: SIMBAD missing → NED used