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IC 4244

Lenticular Galaxy in Coma Berenices

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Proper Name	None
Messier Number	None
NGC/IC Number	IC 4244
Constellation	Coma Berenices
Right Ascension	13h 24m 56s
Declination	+26° 27' 49"
Distance	c.334,600,000 light years c.102,600,000 parsecs
Magnitude	Apparent: +15.6 Absolute: -20.8
Mean Diameter	Apparent: 0.8' Actual: c.75,000 light years
Hubble Type	S0 Lenticular
Optimum Visibility	April / May
Notes	A lenticular galaxy with a bright central core, IC 4244 lies in the northeastern parts of constellation of Coma Berenices. It is not part of the Virgo Cluster that occupies the same constellation, but lies nearly seven times farther from the Milky Way Galaxy at a distance of nearly 340 million light years.

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