| NGC 4098 | |
|---|---|
 SDSS image of NGC 4098. | |
| Observation data (J2000epoch) | |
| Constellation | Coma Berenices |
| Right ascension | 12h 06m 03.9s[1] |
| Declination | 20° 36′ 22″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.024337[1] |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 7296 km/s[1] |
| Distance | 330 Mly (101 Mpc)[1] |
| Group orcluster | NGC 4065 Group |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 14.5[1] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | S?[1] |
| Size | ~105,000 ly (32.3 kpc) (estimated)[1] |
| Apparent size (V) | 0.8 x 0.4[1] |
| Other designations | |
| NGC 4099, UGC 07091, PGC 038365, MCG +04-29-023, VV 061[1] | |
NGC 4098 is aninteracting[2] pair ofspiral galaxies[2][3] located 330 millionlight-years away[3] in theconstellationComa Berenices.[4] NGC 4098 was discovered by astronomerWilliam Herschel on April 26, 1785. It was then rediscovered byHershel on December 27, 1786 was listed as NGC 4099.[5] NGC 4098 is a member of theNGC 4065 Group.[6][7][8][9][10]
NGC 4098 is interacting with the galaxy pairVV 62.[2]
A candidatesupernova of an unknown type, which was designated as SNhunt287 (PSN J12060084+2036183), was discovered in NGC 4098 on April 25, 2015.[11][12][13]
