NGC 4449

NGC 4449
A Hubble Space Telescope (HST) image of NGC 4449.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationCanes Venatici[1]
Right ascension12h 28m 11.9s[2]
Declination+44° 05′ 40″[2]
Redshift207 ± 4 km/s[2]
Distance13.08 ± 0.98 Mly (4.01 ± 0.30 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (V)10.0[2]
Characteristics
TypeIBm[2]
Apparent size (V)6′.2 × 4′.4[2]
Other designations
UGC 7592,[2] PGC 40973,[2] Caldwell 21
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NGC 4449, also known as Caldwell 21, is an irregular Magellanic type galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici, being located about 13 million light-years away.[3] It is part of the M94 Group or Canes Venatici I Group that is relatively close to the Local Group hosting our Milky Way galaxy.[4][5]

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  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 4449. Retrieved 13 July 2007.
  3. ^ a b Sabbi, E.; et al. (2018). "The Resolved Stellar Populations in the LEGUS Galaxies". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 235 (1): 23. arXiv:1801.05467. Bibcode:2018ApJS..235...23S. doi:10.3847/1538-4365/aaa8e5. S2CID 54968426.
  4. ^ Karachentsev, I. D. (2005). "The Local Group and Other Neighboring Galaxy Groups". The Astronomical Journal. 129 (1): 178–188. arXiv:astro-ph/0410065. Bibcode:2005AJ....129..178K. doi:10.1086/426368. ISSN 1538-3881. S2CID 119385141.
  5. ^ "Nearby Groups of Galaxies". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 3 March 2018.