Object of the Season (Winter 2014/15)

NGC 4449 in Canes Venatici

Irregular galaxy NGC 4449 in Canes Venatici will be announced in DSO 166, and the results will be published in DSO 168.

NGC4449 - Image Courtesy of Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Please click on the image for a high resolution version taken by the Hubble Space Telescope (HST).

Position (2000)
12 28 11.0 +44 05 33 (CVn)
Visual magnitude
9.4 mag
Type
IBm
Size
5.5' x 3.6'
Distance
12.5 Mio. ly
Other Designations
I 213, h 1281, GC 3002, UGC 7592, CGCG 216-5, MCG 7-26-9, PGC 40973

Wolfgang Steinicke - Nebulae and Clusters Section Director