| Date & Time: | Jan 9 2016, from 25:25 to 26:29 JST(+0900) |
| Composed 7 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. |
| NGC4449 / Galaxy, type Ibm IV |
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| R.A. | 12h 28m 11.3s (2000.0) |
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| Dec. | +44° 05' 40" (2000.0) |
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| Apparent Size | 6.2×4.4' |
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| Radial Velocity | +422km/s |
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| Magnitude | 10.0 |
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| Distance | 12 million light yrs. |
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| Group of Galaxies | Canes I Group |
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| Other IDs | UGC7592, MCG7-26-9
CGCG216-5, PGC40973 |
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At about 8 degrees northwest from Cor Caroli, alpha Canum Venaticorum, an irregular galaxy of NGC4449 is lying around midway between two Messier's galaxies of M94 and M106.
The galaxy is fairly easy to see, has a brightness of 10th magnitude and about 6 arc minutes in long axis.
You can detect several gaseous regions in edge of the galaxy.
The distance from us is estimated about 12 million light years or so.
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