NGC 4244

NGC 4244

NGC 4244
Observation data
Constellation Canes Venatici
Right ascension 12h 17m 29.6s
Declination +37° 48 26
Redshift +243/+493 km/s
Distance 6.5/14 million ly
Apparent magnitude (V) +10.2/+10.6
Characteristics
Type Sc
Apparent size (V) 16.2
Other designations
Caldwell 26

NGC 4244, also Caldwell 26, is an edge-on loose Spiral galaxy and Caldwell object in the constellation Canes Venatici. It is part of the M94 Group (the Canes Venatici I Group), a galaxy group relatively close to the Local Group containing the Milky Way. It shines at magnitude +10.2/+10.6. Its celestial cooridinates are RA 12h 17.5m, dec +37° 49. It is located near a naked-eye G-class star Beta Canum Venaticorum, barred spiral galaxy NGC 4151, and irregular galaxy NGC 4214. The galaxy lies approximately 6.5 million[1]/14 million[2] light years away, with a redshift of +243/493[1] km/s. A nuclear star cluster and halo is located at the centre of this galaxy.[2][3]

Notes

  1. 1 2 Jurasevich, David M. (2004). "NGC 4244". starimager.com. Retrieved 2008-08-08.
  2. 1 2 "A Rotating Compact Nuclear Stellar Cluster in NGC 4244". Gemini Observatory. July 31, 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-08.
  3. Seth, A.; de Jong, R.; Dalcanton, J. (2006). "CJO - Abstract - Detection of a stellar halo in NGC 4244". Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 2008-08-08.
  4. "A silver needle in the sky". www.spacetelescope.org. ESA/Hubble. Retrieved 23 August 2014.

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Coordinates: 12h 17m 29.6s, +37° 48′ 26″

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