Messier 98

Messier 98 (also known as NGC 4192 ) is a 10.1 like bright spiral galaxy with a surface area of 9.8 '× 2.5 ' in the constellation Coma Berenices.

M98, a galaxy of Hubble type Sb, we almost see from the side. It is about 60 million light-years away from Earth, located on the northern edge of the Virgo cluster of galaxies and is one of the more difficult for amateurs to place objects in the Messier catalog.

Discovery

The galaxy Messier 98 was discovered on 15 March 1781 by the French astronomer Pierre Méchain.

Declination Radial velocity Messier object New General Catalogue Uppsala General Catalogue Catalogue of Galaxies and Clusters of Galaxies Morphological Catalogue of Galaxies IRAS Messier 109 Messier 106 Messier 99 List of NGC objects NGC 4183 NGC 4194 NGC 4214 NGC 4216
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