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NGC4244
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 12:17:29.9
Declination: +37:48:28
Constellation: CVN
Visual Magnitude: 10.4
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1787
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: pB, vL, eE 43°, vgbM
Sub-type: Sc
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 4244. What I had previously taken as a superposed star near the center of
the bulge of this large, nearby, edge-on galaxy is, in fact, the nucleus (see
e.g. Seth et al, AJ 129, 1331, 2005 and Seth et al ApJ 687, 997, 2008). HST
images clearly show the elongation of the rotating nucleus, so it is obviously
not a star in spite of its classification as one based on the SDSS spectrum,
or in spite of its appearance as one based on survey images.
Consequently, I have adopted the position of the nucleus as the position of
the galaxy.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 4244
18" (6/4/05): beautiful, extremely large ray extends at least 3/4 across the 20' field, ~15'x1' SW-NE. The galaxy is broadly concentrated without a well-defined core or nucleus and bulges only very slightly at the center. The surface brightness is fairly low and only varies gradually over the entire length, though it has a grainy texture. A mag 13.5 star is near the NE end. Member of the M94 Group (CVn I Cloud).
13.1" (4/12/86): fairly bright, extremely large edge-on about 10:1 SW-NE. Extends to 15' diameter (fades at the ends of the extensions). Appears as a narrow ray with only a weakly concentrated core.