Galaxy NGC 4314
Depicts: NGC 4314, IRAS 12200+3010
Copyright: G. Fritz Benedict, Andrew Howell, Inger Jorgensen, David Chapell (University of Texas), Jeffery Kenney (Yale University), and Beverly J. Smith (CASA, University of Colorado), and NASA
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An image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope reveals clusters of infant
stars that formed in a ring around the core of the barred-spiral galaxy
NGC 4314. This stellar nursery, whose inhabitants were created within the
past 5 million years, is the only place in the entire galaxy where new stars
are being born. The Hubble image is being presented today (June 11) at the
American Astronomical Society meeting in San Diego, Calif.
Last Update: 1 September 2019
