| Date & Time: | Jan 15 2016, from 26:29 to 27:41 JST(+0900) |
| Composed 8 shots with 10 minutes exposed |
| Optical: | Meade 25cm(10") Schmidt-Cassegrain with a conversion lens (f=1600mm, F6.3) |
| with BaaderPlanetarium UV/IR cut filter |
| Auto-guided with Meade LX200 Eqatorial & Pictor 201XT |
| Digital Camera: | Canon EOS 600D (Remodeled) |
| Location: | Ooizumi, Hokuto city, Yamanashi pref. |
| NGC4244 / Galaxy, type SA(s)cd: sp IV |
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| R.A. | 12h 17m 30.0s (2000.0) |
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| Dec. | +37° 48' 27" (2000.0) |
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| Apparent Size | 16.6×1.9' |
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| Radial Velocity | 493km/s |
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| Magnitude | 10.6 |
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| Distance | 15 million light yrs. |
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| Group of Galaxies | Canes I Group |
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| Other IDs | UGC7322, MCG6-27-45
CGCG187-35, PGC39422 |
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This picture shows you a dimmed edge-on galaxy of NGC4244 at the western part of Canes Venatici.
You can find out the galaxy at 7.5 degrees west from alpha Canum Venaticorum, Cor Caroli.
The galaxy has a thickness of only a bit smaller than 2 arc minutes while a length of 16.6 arc minutes.
This size exceeds that of NGC4565, one of most popular edge-on galaxies in the constellation of Coma Berenices.
But NGC4244 has a visual brightness of only 10.6th magnitude, it might be needed a medium-sized telescope with about 6-inches in aperture to enjoy this faint galaxy.
We're appreciating the galaxy from almost dead side, and can hardly detect the central bulge region and dark lane.
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