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

NGC4244 Needle galaxy, Sergiy_Vakulenko
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NGC4244 Needle galaxy

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NGC 4244, also Caldwell 26, is an edge-on loose Spiral galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici. It is part of the M94 Group. The galaxy lies approximately 6.5 million/14 million light years away, with a redshift of +243/493 km/s.

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NGC4244 Needle galaxy, Sergiy_Vakulenko

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