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      M 98
      Wallpaper author:
      Marius Dinga

      12 Dec 2025

      M 98

      Messier 98, 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 has a blueshift, denoting ignoring of its fast other movement (vectors of proper motion), it is approaching at about 140 km/s.


      The morphological classification of this galaxy is SAB(s)ab, which indicates it is a spiral galaxy that displays mixed barred and non-barred features with intermediate to tightly wound arms and no ring. (from Wikipedia)

      Dataset from which the image was processed

      M98

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      Open
      Telescope Live
      CHI-1-CMOS

      M 98