File:NGC 4414 (30288032923).png

English: A pretty spiral from Hubble originally observed in 1995 and then released in 1999. I've reprocessed it and included some SDSS data to fill in some missing areas that were previously left uncomfortably blank around the edges due to the shape of the old WFPC2 detector.

See the original processing (not by me) here, along with some additional information which is still pertinent: hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/1999/25/image/a/

Update: Now that the APOD is posted I can add some more info. I saw this galaxy in the queue a couple of days before it was slated to go up, and so I decided to reprocess it. RJN agreed to replace the 1999 image with my new image, so a version of this image appears on APOD for Nov. 20 2016. apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap161120.html

Data from the following proposals was used. HLSP data exists, but was not used because it was, for some reason, very bad. I created my own median stacks. Hubble Heritage observations of NGC 4414 Determination of the Extragalactic Distance Scale. Determination of the Extragalactic Distance Scale. Cycle 4 High

Red: [WFPC2 / F814W] + [SDSS i band (762 nm)] Green: [WFPC2 / F555W] + [SDSS r band (623 nm)] Blue: [WFPC2 / F439W] + [SDSS g band (477 nm)]

North is up.