Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/NGC 4414 (NASA-med).jpg

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Caption: The majestic spiral galaxy NGC 4414 was imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope as part of the HST Key Project on the Extragalactic Distance Scale. In 1999, the Hubble Heritage Team revisited NGC 4414 and completed its portrait by observing the other half with the same filters as were used in 1995. The end result is a stunning full-color look at the entire dusty spiral galaxy. The new Hubble picture shows that the central regions of this galaxy, as is typical of most spirals, contain primarily older, yellow and red stars. The outer spiral arms are considerably bluer due to ongoing formation of young, blue stars, the brightest of which can be seen individually at the high resolution provided by the Hubble camera. The arms are also very rich in clouds of interstellar dust, seen as dark patches and streaks silhouetted against the starlight.
Reason: Finest quality image
Articles in which this image appears: Astrophysics,Flocculent spiral galaxy,Galaxy,Herschel 400 Catalogue,List of spiral galaxies,NGC 4414,Nature,Particle,

Support as nominator --Benison talk with me 15:25, 10 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- High quality NASA image. -- Dougie WII (talk) 20:44, 10 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - Again, well below the standards expected for astronomy images. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:35, 10 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Support Nice pic. JOHN C THOMAS KADAMMANITTA (talk) 07:05, 11 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per Crisco. Great as a thumbnail, but below the bar when compared to other images of this sort when viewed at full size. J Milburn (talk) 09:44, 13 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose just not FP quality. -- ТимофейЛееСуда. 02:59, 14 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 22:23, 20 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]