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NGC 4314
Coma Berenices
Penryn, California
March 2008/2010
M 250 @ f9.3 (ag, ST-4)
ST-10XME LRGB 10 minute sub

A Mag 12 double barred spiral galaxy classified as SBa.  This galaxy is a nuclear ring galaxy with intense star-burst activity in the faint ring (orange in this image) surrounding the core.  Below in a HST WFPC2 image of the core area.

Also note the many globular cluster associated with this galaxy.  Red shift distance is 44 Mly.