Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Coma Berenices (Com)  ·  Contains:  6 Com  ·  M 98  ·  NGC 4186  ·  NGC 4192  ·  The star 6 Com
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M98, Massimo Di Fusco
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M98

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Messier 98, M98 or NGC 4192, is an intermediate spiral galaxy about 44.4 million light-years away in slightly northerly Coma Berenices, about 6° to the east of the bright star Denebola (Beta Leonis). It was discovered by French astronomer Pierre Méchain on 1781, along with nearby M99 and M100, and was catalogued by compatriot Charles Messier 29 days later in his Catalogue des Nébuleuses & des amas d'Étoiles.

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