Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  NGC 4244
NGC 4244, Frank Colosimo
NGC 4244
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NGC 4244

NGC 4244, Frank Colosimo
NGC 4244
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NGC 4244

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Description

NGC 4244 is a mag 10.2 needle-like edge-on galaxy in Canes Venatici. It is estimated at only 4-8 million light years distance. It is sometimes called 'The Silver Needle Galaxy'. It is thought to be part of the Canes I local group, which contains about 40 members including M94.



Imaging data:

Date: April 15, 24 2008 Processed Apr 18 2020

Location: New Ringgold PA

Optics: Meade LX200R 12 inch at f/10

Mount: Paramount ME

Camera: SBIG ST-8XME / CFW-8

Guiding: ST-8XME integral guiding chip controlled by Maxim CCD

Exposure: LRGB: Luminance: 12x10 minutes unbinned; RGB: 4 each binned 2x2 - 8 min for R,G, and 9 min for B for a total of 3.7 hrs. 24 subs at avg 550 sec

Processing: Image acquisition using CCD Autopilot. Initial processing was done using Maxim DL with subsequent processing with Photoshop.

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