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.

NGC 4244
NGC 4244
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationCanes Venatici
Right ascension12h 17m 29.9s[1]
Declination+37° 48′ 27″[1]
Redshift0.000814[2]
Heliocentric radial velocity+244 km/s[3][2]
Distance14.1 Mly (4.31 Mpc)[1]
Apparent magnitude (V)10.18[4]
Apparent magnitude (B)10.44[4]
Characteristics
TypeSc[4]
Apparent size (V)17.0. × 2.2[5]
Other designations
Caldwell 26, UGC 7322, MCG +06-27-045, PGC 39422[2]

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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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b c "NGC 4244". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2021-02-09.
  3. ^ a b c "Results for object NGC 4244 (NGC 4244)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2021-02-09.
  4. ^ a b c "Search specification: NGC 4244". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. Retrieved 2021-02-09.
  5. ^ The Night Sky Observers Guide, Vol. 2, pg 46. Kepple, G. and Sanner, G., Willmann-Bell Inc., 2002
  6. ^ a b "A Rotating Compact Nuclear Stellar Cluster in NGC 4244". Gemini Observatory. 31 July 2008. Retrieved 8 August 2008.
  7. ^ 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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