M94, NGC 4736
The Sab spiral galaxy M94 in the constellation Canes Venatici is considered by some (but not others) to be in a group including M64 and various fainter galaxies. It has an extremely bright innner region surrounded by a blue ring of young star clusters, then a fainter yellowish region of older stars also surrounded by traces of young stars, and even further out a very much fainter outer ring. All of these features are visible in this picture, due to the use of a drastically compressed intensity mapping. This stretch also reveals quite a few small faint background galaxies. This picture was taken in May 1998 at the KPNO 0.9-meter telescope. Image size 17.0 arc minutes.
Credit:Hillary Mathis, N.A.Sharp/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/
About the Image
Id: | noao-m94 |
Type: | Observation |
Release date: | Dec. 16, 2002, 11:48 a.m. |
Related announcements: | noaoann02017 |
Size: | 3000 x 3000 px |
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Coordinates
Position (RA): | 12 50 45.09 |
Position (Dec): | 41° 6' 45.41" |
Field of view: | 16.94 x 17.01 arcminutes |
Orientation: | North is 1.4° left of vertical |