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Q631918

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EntityQ631918· pop 41· linked from 599 articles

Also known as C 21

Irregular galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici

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Vinony's link graph records 599 inbound references to Q631918, and connects out to Q942001, Q1112974 and NGC 4656 and NGC 4657.

Vinony files it under Astronomical objects discovered in 1788, Barred irregular galaxies and Caldwell objects.

Vinony links it to 41 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

Constellation
Canes Venatici
Right ascension
12 28 11.1237
Declination
+44 ° 05 ′ 37.197 ″
Redshift
0.000 690 ± 0.000 013
Heliocentric radial velocity
207 ± 4 km/s
Distance
13.08 ± 0.98 Mly (4.01 ± 0.30 Mpc )
Type
IBm
Size
~29,400 ly (9.02 kpc ) (estimated)
Apparent size v
6.2′ × 4.4′

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Wikidata facts

Distance from Earth
3.0
Image
Starburst in NGC 4449 (captured by the Hubble Space Telescope).jpg
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Commons category
NGC 4449
redshift
0.000680
catalog code
Caldwell 21
right ascension
187.0463250
time of discovery or invention
1788-04-27
apparent magnitude
10.469
declination
44.0935583
galaxy morphological type
Im/BCD
radial velocity
259
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Encyclopedic overview

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. It was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on 27 April 1788. 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.

Characteristics

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