NGC 4244 explained

NGC 4244
Constellation Name:	Canes Venatici
Epoch:	J2000
H Radial V:	+244 km/s^[1]
Z:	0.000814
Dist Ly:	^[2]
Appmag V:	10.18
Appmag B:	10.44^[3]
Size V:	17.0. × 2.2^[4]
Type:	Sc
Names:	Caldwell 26, ^[5]

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,^[1] NGC 4244 lies approximately 4.3 megaparsecs^[1] (14 million light years)^[6] away. A nuclear star cluster and halo is located near the centre of this galaxy.^{[6] [7]}

See also

• IC 5052 - a similar edge-on galaxy

References

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

External links

• • Web site: Revised NGC Data for NGC 4244. Spider. Students for the Exploration and Development of Space. Frommert, Harmut.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Results for object NGC 4244 (NGC 4244). NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. 2021-02-09.
2. 10.3847/1538-3881/153/1/6. The Local Tully–Fisher Relation for Dwarf Galaxies. 2016. Karachentsev. Igor D.. Kaisina. Elena I.. Kashibadze (Nasonova). Olga G.. The Astronomical Journal. 153. 6. 1611.02574. 119388974 . free .
3. Web site: Search specification: NGC 4244. HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. 2021-02-09.
4. The Night Sky Observers Guide, Vol. 2, pg 46. Kepple, G. and Sanner, G., Willmann-Bell Inc., 2002
5. NGC 4244. 2021-02-09.
6. Web site: A Rotating Compact Nuclear Stellar Cluster in NGC 4244. 31 July 2008. Gemini Observatory. 8 August 2008.
7. CJO - Abstract - Detection of a stellar halo in NGC 4244 . Seth. A. . de Jong. R. . Dalcanton. J. . Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union . 2006. 2 . S241 . 523–524 . Cambridge University Press. 10.1017/S1743921307009003 . 119058120 . free .