Right ascension 12 17 29.6 Redshift +243/+493 km/s Apparent magnitude (V) +10.2/+10.6 | Declination +37° 48′ 26″ Distance 6.5/14 million ly Type Sc | |
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Similar NGC 5005, NGC 4236, NGC 4559, NGC 2775, NGC 5248 | ||
Ngc 4244 galaxy and a sun with two ufos leaving
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 12h 17.5m, 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/14 million light years away, with a redshift of +243/493 km/s. A nuclear star cluster and halo is located at the centre of this galaxy.
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