NGC 4244


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 away. A nuclear star cluster and halo is located near the centre of this galaxy.

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