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NGC 4244

12^h17^m29.6^s, +37° 48′26″ From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

NGC 4244
NGC 4244
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Canes Venatici
Right ascension	12^h17^m 29.9^s^[1]
Declination	+37° 48′ 27″^[1]
Redshift	0.000814^[2]
Heliocentric radial velocity	+244 km/s^[3]^[2]
Distance	14.1 Mly (4.31 Mpc)^[1]
Apparent magnitude (V)	10.18^[4]
Apparent magnitude (B)	10.44^[4]
Characteristics
Type	Sc^[4]
Apparent size (V)	17.0′. × 2.2′^[5]
Other designations
Caldwell 26, UGC 7322, MCG +06-27-045, PGC 39422^[2]

NGC 4244, also known as Caldwell 26, is an edge-on loose spiral galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici, and is part of the M94 Group or Canes Venatici I Group, a galaxy group relatively close to the Local Group containing the Milky Way. In the sky, it is located near the yellow naked-eye star, Beta Canum Venaticorum, but also near the barred spiral galaxy NGC 4151 and irregular galaxy NGC 4214.

With an apparent V-band magnitude of 10.18,^[3] NGC 4244 lies approximately 4.3 megaparsecs^[3] (14 million light years)^[6] away. A nuclear star cluster and halo is located near the centre of this galaxy.^[6]^[7]

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^ ^a ^b ^c Karachentsev, Igor D.; Kaisina, Elena I.; Kashibadze (Nasonova), Olga G. (2016). "The Local Tully–Fisher Relation for Dwarf Galaxies". The Astronomical Journal. 153: 6. arXiv:1611.02574. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/153/1/6. S2CID 119388974.

^ ^a ^b ^c "Results for object NGC 4244 (NGC 4244)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2021-02-09.

^ ^a ^b ^c "Search specification: NGC 4244". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. Retrieved 2021-02-09.

^ The Night Sky Observers Guide, Vol. 2, pg 46. Kepple, G. and Sanner, G., Willmann-Bell Inc., 2002

^ ^a ^b "A Rotating Compact Nuclear Stellar Cluster in NGC 4244". Gemini Observatory. 31 July 2008. Retrieved 8 August 2008.

^ Seth, A.; de Jong, R.; Dalcanton, J. (2006). "CJO - Abstract - Detection of a stellar halo in NGC 4244". Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union. 2 (S241). Cambridge University Press: 523–524. doi:10.1017/S1743921307009003. S2CID 119058120.

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Pasachoff, Jay M. (2000). "Atlas of the Sky". Stars and Planets. New York, NY: Peterson Field Guides. pp. 578 pg. ISBN 978-0-395-93432-6.
Eicher, David J. (1988). The Universe from Your Backyard: A Guide to Deep-Sky Objects from Astronomy Magazine. AstroMedia (Kalmbach Publishing Company). Bibcode:1988ufyb.book.....E. ISBN 978-0-521-36299-3.

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NGC 4244 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images
Frommert, Harmut. "Revised NGC Data for NGC 4244". Spider. Students for the Exploration and Development of Space.