NGC 4244

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Template:Short description Template:Infobox Galaxy 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. In the sky, 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.

With an apparent V-band magnitude of 10.18,[1] NGC 4244 lies approximately 4.3 megaparsecs[1] (14 million light years)[2] away. A nuclear star cluster and halo is located near the centre of this galaxy.[2][3]

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