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Proper Name	None
Messier Number	None
NGC/IC Number	NGC 4544
Constellation	Virgo
Right Ascension	12h 35m 37s
Declination	+3° 2' 4"
Distance	c.63,400,000 light years c.19,400,000 parsecs
Magnitude	Apparent: +14.0 Absolute: -17.4
Mean Diameter	Apparent: 2' Actual: c.29,700 light years
Hubble Type	Barred Spiral class SB0/a
Optimum Visibility	April
Notes	A barred spiral galaxy roughly a third of the diameter of the Milky Way Galaxy. The alignment of NGC 4544 is such that it appears edge-on in the sky, appearing as a narrow elongated shape with a band of dark dust running along its edge.

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