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Messier 98

Also M98 · NGC 4192

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A spiral galaxy seen nearly edge-on, in the Virgo Cluster.

Measured

Distance
57.5 million light-years
Size
about 160,000 light-years across (approximate)
Constellation
Coma Berenices
Position (J2000)
RA 12h 13m 48s, Dec +14.90°

How far, from the Sun

57.5 million light-years. To cross it:

  • Light57.5 million years
  • Voyager 1's speed1.02 trillion years
  • Driving at 100 km/h620 trillion years

Voyager 1 at the speed it moved outward over the year to 2026-10-25 (JPL Horizons). Driving: nonstop, never refuelling.

Facts

  • It is moving towards us even though it is in a cluster tens of millions of light-years away.
  • It is moving TOWARDS us at about 140 km/s (NASA/IPAC NED) — one of the few galaxies outside the Local Group that are.

Where this comes from

  • Cosmicflows-3, Tully, Courtois & Sorce 2016, AJ 152, 50 (17.62 Mpc)
  • This research has made use of the SIMBAD database, CDS, Strasbourg, France (Wenger et al. 2000, A&AS 143, 9).
  • This research has made use of the VizieR catalogue access tool, CDS, Strasbourg, France (DOI: 10.26093/cds/vizier).

Every catalogue Ouranos draws is credited on the credits page.