Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Coma Berenices (Com)  ·  Contains:  M 98  ·  NGC 4186  ·  NGC 4192
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M98, Rich Sornborger
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Messier 98 (M98) is an intermediate spiral galaxy located in the Virgo Cluster, in the constellation Coma Berenices. The galaxy has an apparent magnitude of 11.0 and lies at an approximate distance of 44.4 million light years from Earth. Its designation in the New General Catalogue is NGC 4192.

M98 occupies an area of 9.8 by 2.8 arc minutes of apparent sky, which corresponds to a linear diameter of 160,000 light years. The galaxy is inclined at a 74-degree angle to our line of sight and appears almost edge-on. It is one of the faintest objects in the Messier catalogue and, having a low surface brightness, one of the most difficult Messier objects to observe.

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