Tags: Galaxy.
Messier 98 also known as M98 or NGC 4192 is an intermediate spiral galaxy located about 44.4 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices about 6° to the east of the bright star Denebola. It was discovered by French astronomer Pierre Méchain on 15 March 1781 along with nearby M99 and M100 and was cataloged by French astronomer Charles Messier on 13 April 1781 in his Catalogue des Nébuleuses & des amas d’Étoiles.
