Observation by Mark Fairfax: NGC 4244 Spiral Galaxy

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Mark Fairfax

Observer

Mark Fairfax

Observed

2022 May 04 - 23:43

Uploaded

2022 May 05 - 14:34

Objects

NGC4244

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Constellation

Canes Venatici

Field centre

RA: 12^h17^m
Dec: +37°48'
Position angle: +44°09'

Field size

0°27' × 0°18'

Equipment

Unistellar eVscope Classic (114mm reflector)

Exposure

11 mins

Location

Nottinghamshire UK

Target name

NGC 4244 in Canes Venatici

Title

NGC 4244 Spiral Galaxy

About this image

NGC 4244 (also known as Caldwell 26) at magnitude +12.3 is an edge-on loose spiral galaxy and is approximately 14 million light-years away.

This one was cut a little short on imaging time as thick cloud cover rolled in with a vengeance.

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Dr Paul Leyland, Callum Potter, Jeremy Shears, Alan Thomas

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