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NGC 4244   (aka Caldwell 26)
Magnitude: 10.6
Distance Aprox: 6.5 million light-years
Constellation: Canes Venatici

NGC 4244 is an edge-on loose Spiral galaxy. It is located near a naked-eye G-class star Beta Canum Venaticorum, barred spiral galaxy NGC 4151, and irregular galaxy NGC 4214.

Taken 3/10/18 in Toledo, Ohio by Russell Kille on a CPC 1100 with Hyperstar @ F2 and ZWO ASI294MC Pro camera