Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  NGC 4244
NGC4244, mads0100
NGC4244
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NGC4244

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NGC4244, the Silver Needle Galaxy. NGC4244 is located in Canes Vanetici and is a edge-on serial galaxy. Unlike most of the galaxies I have been imaging, it is relatively close to us at a whopping 6.2 million light-years away.

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NGC4244, mads0100