NGC 4214 is a dwarf barred irregular galaxy located around 10 million light-years away in the constellation Canes Venatici, and is a member of the M94 Group. 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*10.5 and 1.5*106 solar masses.

Telescope: Astro Physics 175EDF f8.3
Mount: Astro Physics 3600GTO “El Capitan”
Camera: SBIG STT8300
Guider: Mini Borg 50 / SBIG STi
Filters: Astrodon II 36mm LRGB

L: 64×10 mins = 640 mins, R: 24×10 mins = 240 mins, G: 25×10 mins = 250 mins, B: 24×10 mins = 240 mins

Total Imaging Time: 22h 50m

Data Imaged remotely over 7 nights during April 2022.
Data acquisition & Processing by David Churchill.

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