NGC 4244

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title: "NGC 4244" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["unbarred-spiral-galaxies", "ngc-objects", "caldwell-objects", "canes-venatici", "m94-group", "principal-galaxies-catalogue-objects"] description: "Galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici" topic_path: "science/astronomy" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_4244" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici ::

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Field	Value
name	NGC 4244
image	NGC4244.jpg
image_size	250px
caption	NGC 4244
constellation name	Canes Venatici
epoch	J2000
ra
dec
h_radial_v	+244 km/s
z	0.000814
dist_ly	4.31 Mpc
appmag_v	10.18
appmag_b	10.44
size_v	17.0. × 2.2
type	Sc
names	Caldwell 26,
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| name = NGC 4244 | image = NGC4244.jpg | image_size = 250px | caption = NGC 4244 | constellation name = Canes Venatici | epoch = J2000 | ra = | dec = | h_radial_v = +244 km/s | z = 0.000814 | dist_ly =4.31 Mpc | appmag_v = 10.18 | appmag_b = 10.44 | size_v = 17.0. × 2.2 | notes = | type = Sc | names = 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. 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, away. A nuclear star cluster and halo is located near the centre of this galaxy.

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References

References

1. "Results for object NGC 4244 (NGC 4244)". California Institute of Technology.
2. (2016). "The Local Tully–Fisher Relation for Dwarf Galaxies". The Astronomical Journal.
3. "Search specification: NGC 4244". Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1.
4. The Night Sky Observers Guide, Vol. 2, pg 46. Kepple, G. and Sanner, G., Willmann-Bell Inc., 2002
5. "NGC 4244".
6. (31 July 2008). "A Rotating Compact Nuclear Stellar Cluster in NGC 4244". Gemini Observatory.
7. (2006). "CJO - Abstract - Detection of a stellar halo in NGC 4244". [[Cambridge University Press]].

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