NGC 4098 | |
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SDSS image of NGC 4098. | |
Observation data ( J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Coma Berenices |
Right ascension | 12h 06m 03.9s [1] |
Declination | 20° 36′ 22″ [1] |
Redshift | 0.024337 [1] |
Heliocentric radial velocity | 7296 km/s [1] |
Distance | 330 Mly (101 Mpc) [1] |
Group or cluster | NGC 4065 Group |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 14.5 [1] |
Characteristics | |
Type | S? [1] |
Size | ~105,000 ly (32.3 kpc) (estimated) [1] |
Apparent size (V) | 0.8 x 0.4 [1] |
Other designations | |
NGC 4099, UGC 07091, PGC 038365, MCG +04-29-023, VV 061 [1] |
NGC 4098 is an interacting [2] pair of spiral galaxies [2] [3] located 330 million light-years away [3] in the constellation Coma Berenices. [4] NGC 4098 was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on April 26, 1785. It was then rediscovered by Hershel on December 27, 1786 was listed as NGC 4099. [5] NGC 4098 is a member of the NGC 4065 Group. [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
NGC 4098 is interacting with the galaxy pair VV 62. [2]
A candidate supernova of an unknown type, which was designated as SNhunt287 (PSN J12060084+2036183), was discovered in NGC 4098 on April 25, 2015. [11] [12] [13]
NGC 4098 | |
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SDSS image of NGC 4098. | |
Observation data ( J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Coma Berenices |
Right ascension | 12h 06m 03.9s [1] |
Declination | 20° 36′ 22″ [1] |
Redshift | 0.024337 [1] |
Heliocentric radial velocity | 7296 km/s [1] |
Distance | 330 Mly (101 Mpc) [1] |
Group or cluster | NGC 4065 Group |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 14.5 [1] |
Characteristics | |
Type | S? [1] |
Size | ~105,000 ly (32.3 kpc) (estimated) [1] |
Apparent size (V) | 0.8 x 0.4 [1] |
Other designations | |
NGC 4099, UGC 07091, PGC 038365, MCG +04-29-023, VV 061 [1] |
NGC 4098 is an interacting [2] pair of spiral galaxies [2] [3] located 330 million light-years away [3] in the constellation Coma Berenices. [4] NGC 4098 was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on April 26, 1785. It was then rediscovered by Hershel on December 27, 1786 was listed as NGC 4099. [5] NGC 4098 is a member of the NGC 4065 Group. [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
NGC 4098 is interacting with the galaxy pair VV 62. [2]
A candidate supernova of an unknown type, which was designated as SNhunt287 (PSN J12060084+2036183), was discovered in NGC 4098 on April 25, 2015. [11] [12] [13]