NGC 4441 is a peculiar lenticular galaxy in the constellation of Draco. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is , which corresponds to a Hubble distance of . However, two non-redshift measurements give a much closer mean distance of . It was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on 20 March 1790.
NGC 4125 group According to Abraham Mahtessian, NGC 4441 is part of the NGC 4125 group, which has at least 12 members. The other galaxies in this group are , NGC 3945, NGC 4036, NGC 4041, , NGC 4125, , , IC 758, , and .
Supernovae Two supernovae have been observed in NGC 4441: SN 2019yvq (TypeIa, mag. 16.7) was discovered by Kōichi Itagaki on 28 December 2019. It was originally classified as a TypeIb/c, but later analysis concluded it to be a peculiar Type Ia, similar to SN2002es. It was extremely bright in the ultraviolet but otherwise underluminous, and was relatively quickly declining in its brightness. SN 2025aecv (TypeII, mag. 17.589) was discovered by ATLAS on 18 November 2025.
See also List of NGC objects (4001–5000)
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