NGC 4244
| NGC 4244 | |
|---|---|
NGC 4244 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Canes Venatici |
| Right ascension | 12h 17m 29.9s |
| Declination | +37° 48′ 27″ |
| Redshift | 0.000814 |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | +244 km/s |
| Distance | 14.1 Mly (4.31 Mpc) |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 10.18 |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 10.44 |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | Sc |
| Apparent size (V) | 17.0′. × 2.2′ |
| Other designations | |
| Caldwell 26, UGC 7322, MCG +06-27-045, PGC 39422 | |
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, NGC 4244 lies approximately 4.3 megaparsecs (14 million light years) away. A nuclear star cluster and halo is located near the centre of this galaxy.