M 98
    Autore dello sfondo:
    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)

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    M98

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    • Tipo di obiettivo
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      Galaxy
    • Fotocamera
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      QHY 600M
    • Coordinate dell'obiettivo
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      RA 183.4512 Dec 14.9005
    • Emisfero
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      Southern
    • Posizione del telescopio
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      Chile
    • Evento transitorio
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      No
    • Osservato il
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      12 Apr 2023 - 09 May 2024
    Filtro
    Exp. media (s)
    Esposizione totale
    Sottoframe
    Green3092h45m32
    Blue3092h45m32
    Luminance2912h35m32
    Red2902h30m31

    M 98