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Hickson 44

Group of galaxies in the constellation Leo

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Hickson Compact Group 44 (HCG 44) is a group of galaxies in the constellation Leo It is situated around 80 million light years from Earth. Also a part of this galaxy group is a galaxy group in Halton Arp's book called Atlas of peculiar galaxies, and this galaxy group is designated as Arp 316.

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**Members of the HCG 44**
Name	Type	R.A. (J2000)	Dec. (J2000)	Redshift (z)	Apparent Magnitude
NGC 3185	(R)SB(r)a	10^h 17^m 38.584^s	+21° 41′ 17.82″	0.004060	12.17
NGC 3187	SB(s)c	10^h 17^m 47.865^s	+21° 52′ 24.00″	0.005274	12.77
NGC 3190	SA(s)0−	10^h 18^m 05.6^s	+21° 49′ 58″	0.004240	11.1
NGC 3193	SA(s)0−	10^h 18^m 24.9^s	+21° 53′ 4″	0.004607	10.81

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NGC 3187 HCG44 SDSS.jpg by Donald Pelletier, CC BY-SA 4.0

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