This fine edge-on spiral resides 2 degrees southwest of 5.0 magnitude 6 Canum Venaticorum. NGC 4214 lies just 1.5 degrees to the south. NGC 4244 is a 10.3 magnitude Sc-type galaxy appearing 16'x2' in dimension at 82X in my 10-inch Newtonian. It features a central bulge, is brighter along the eastern half and anchored at that end by a foreground star of 11th magnitude. This is one of the great edge-on galaxies in the spring sky.