Image information: 157 x 10s unfiltered images, stacked and aligned. Image taken: 02/03/2007 01:30. A mild unsharp mask and histogram shaping has been used to brnig out the details in the galaxy.
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| Description: Does NGC4449 have acne? Those clumps of stars are actually new-born open star clusters and star-forming regions: the central bar of clusters has been dated to around 5 million years old - very young by stellar standards. NGC4449 is an irregular dwarf galaxy, and is a member of the Canes Venaticorum group, playing a similar role to the Large Magellanic Cloud in our galactic group.
Image information: 157 x 10s unfiltered images, stacked and aligned. Image taken: 02/03/2007 01:30. A mild unsharp mask and histogram shaping has been used to brnig out the details in the galaxy. |
Physical information: mag 10.0, size 6.2'x4.9', pa 45 deg, class IrrB