Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. Ser. 131, 1-10

Distances to five resolved galaxies in the Canes Venatici cloud

I.D. Karachentsev ¹ - I.O. Drozdovsky ²

1 - Special Astrophysical Observatory, Russian Academy of Sciences, N. Arkhyz, Stavropolsky kraj, KChR, 357147, Russia
2 - Astronomical Institute, St.-Petersburg State University, Petrodvoretz, 198904, Russia

Received September 9, 1997; accepted January 5, 1998

Abstract:

We present results of CCD imaging in B, V of five late-type galaxies with radial velocities V₀ < 350 km/s in the Canes Venatici cloud. Based on the photometry of their brightest blue stars we derived the following distances to the galaxies: 9.7 Mpc for NGC 4144, 4.5 Mpc for NGC 4244, 4.2 Mpc for NGC 4395, 2.9 Mpc for NGC 4449, and 8.2 Mpc for UGC 8331.

Key words: galaxies: distances -- galaxies: NGC 4144; NGC 4244; NGC 4395; NGC 4449; UGC 8331