NGC 4244

NGC 4244
NGC 4244
Observation data
Constellation	Canes Venatici
Right ascension	12^h 17^m 29.6^s
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 12^h 17.5^m, 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]

Gallery

NGC 4244 image by the Hubble Space Telescope.^[4]

Notes

1 2 Jurasevich, David M. (2004). "NGC 4244". starimager.com. Retrieved 2008-08-08.
1 2 "A Rotating Compact Nuclear Stellar Cluster in NGC 4244". Gemini Observatory. July 31, 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-08.
↑ 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.
↑ "A silver needle in the sky". www.spacetelescope.org. ESA/Hubble. Retrieved 23 August 2014.

References

Pasachoff, Jay M. (2000). "Atlas of the Sky". Stars and Planets. New York, NY: Peterson Field Guides. pp. 578 pg. ISBN 0-395-93432-X.
Eicher, David J. (1988). The Universe from Your Backyard: A Guide to Deep-Sky Objects from Astronomy Magazine. AstroMedia (Kalmbach Publishing Company). ISBN 0-521-36299-7.

External links

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

Caldwell catalogue

List	C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 C15 C16 C17 C18 C19 C20 C21 C22 C23 C24 C25 C26 C27 C28 C29 C30 C31 C32 C33 C34 C35 C36 C37 C38 C39 C40 C41 C42 C43 C44 C45 C46 C47 C48 C49 C50 C51 C52 C53 C54 C55 C56 C57 C58 C59 C60 C61 C62 C63 C64 C65 C66 C67 C68 C69 C70 C71 C72 C73 C74 C75 C76 C77 C78 C79 C80 C81 C82 C83 C84 C85 C86 C87 C88 C89 C90 C91 C92 C93 C94 C95 C96 C97 C98 C99 C100 C101 C102 C103 C104 C105 C106 C107 C108 C109

See also	Messier Catalogue Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars New General Catalogue Index Catalogue Revised New General Catalogue Herschel 400 Catalogue

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