NGC 4244
| NGC 4244 | |
|---|---|
 NGC 4244 | |
| Observation data | |
| Constellation | Canes Venatici |
| Right ascension | 12h 17m 29.6s |
| Declination | +37° 48′ 26″ |
| Redshift | +243 km/s |
| Distance | 4.1 Mpc) 14 Mly[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 10.2v / 10.7B |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | Sc |
| Apparent size (V) | 17.0′. × 2.2′[2] |
| Other designations | |
| Caldwell 26 | |
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.. 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.
At +10.2v or 10.7B magnitude, NGC 4244 lies approximately 4.1 megaparsecs[1] (14 million light years)[3] away. A nuclear star cluster and halo is located near the centre of this galaxy.[3][4]
Gallery
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![NGC 4244 image by the Hubble Space Telescope.[5]](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/A_silver_needle_in_the_sky.jpg/120px-A_silver_needle_in_the_sky.jpg)
NGC 4244 image by the Hubble Space Telescope.[5] -
NGC 4244 by 2MASS -
NGC 4244 by Sloan Digital Sky Survey -
Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 4244
![NGC 4244 image by the Hubble Space Telescope.[5]](/wiki/File:A_silver_needle_in_the_sky.jpg){kind=small}
See also
- IC 5052 - a similar edge-on galaxy
Notes
- ^ a b "Distance Results for NGC 4244". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
- ^ 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". Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 28 May 2008.
- ^ "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 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.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to NGC 4244.
- 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.
- "NGC 4244". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg.
- "NED results for object NGC 4244". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. National Aeronautics and Space Administration / Infrared Processing and Analysis Center.
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