Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Coma Berenices (Com)  ·  Contains:  IC 3044  ·  IC 3061  ·  M 98  ·  M 99  ·  NGC 4192  ·  NGC 4254  ·  NGC 4262  ·  Pin-wheel nebula  ·  The star 6Com
Getting plate-solving status, please wait...
M98 and M99 - Galaxies in Coma Berenices, Hap Griffin
M98 and M99 - Galaxies in Coma Berenices
Powered byPixInsight

M98 and M99 - Galaxies in Coma Berenices

Getting plate-solving status, please wait...
M98 and M99 - Galaxies in Coma Berenices, Hap Griffin
M98 and M99 - Galaxies in Coma Berenices
Powered byPixInsight

M98 and M99 - Galaxies in Coma Berenices

Equipment

Loading...

Acquisition details

Loading...

Description

M98 and M99 are neighboring galaxies in the Virgo cluster of galaxies. M99 at the left is an unsymmetrical spiral galaxy seen face on from our point of view and lies at a distance of 50 million light years. M98, at the right, is a spiral galaxy seen nearly edge on at a distance of 44.4 light years.

Comments

Sky plot

Sky plot

Histogram

M98 and M99 - Galaxies in Coma Berenices, Hap Griffin