C26 · galaxy
Silver Needle 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.
Identity & coordinates
Identification
- Primary designation
- C26
- All designations
- C26 · NGC 4244 · Silver Needle Galaxy
- Object type
- Galaxy
- Constellation
- Canes Venatici
- Best viewing
- Spring
Coordinates & physical
- Right ascension (J2000)
- 12h 17m 29s
- Declination (J2000)
- +37° 48' 26"
- Apparent magnitude (V)
- —
- Distance
- —
- Redshift (z)
- 0.000815
Visibility tonight
The science
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.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia · CC-BY-SA-4.0
References
- SIMBAD Not resolved
- NED Fetched May 8, 2026 View in NED ↗
- Wikipedia Fetched May 8, 2026 Read full article ↗
Wikipedia title resolved via designation — fell back to an alternate catalog designation.
1 merge conflict resolved
- coordinates: SIMBAD missing → NED used