Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  NGC 4244
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NGC4244, The Silver Needle Galaxy, Chris Plonski
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NGC4244, The Silver Needle Galaxy

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NGC4244, The Silver Needle Galaxy

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NGC4244 is commonly rereferred to as the Silver Needle Galaxy. It is a loose spiral galaxy seen nearly edge on. Numerous bright clumps of gas can be seen scattered across its length, along with dark dust lanes surrounding the galaxy’s core. It is located in the constellation of Canis Venatici (The Hunting Dogs) and lies about 14 million light years away and about 65,000 light years across.

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