| NGC 4598 | |
|---|---|
 Sloan Digital Sky Survey image of NGC 4598. | |
| Observation data (J2000epoch) | |
| Constellation | Virgo |
| Right ascension | 12h 40m 11.9s[1] |
| Declination | 08° 23′ 01″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.006541[1] |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 1961 km/s[1] |
| Distance | 63.7 Mly (19.54 Mpc),[2] 88.71 Mly (27.200 Mpc), 102 Mly (31.3 Mpc) (Redshift-based)[1][2] |
| Group orcluster | Virgo Cluster |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 13.6[1] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SB0[1] |
| Size | ~43,900 ly (13.45 kpc) (estimated)[1] |
| Apparent size (V) | 1.47 x 1.06[1] |
| Other designations | |
| CGCG 70-207, MCG 2-32-171, PGC 42427, UGC 7829, VCC 1827[1] | |
NGC 4598 is abarred lenticular galaxy[3] located in the constellationVirgo.[4] NGC 4598 was discovered by astronomerWilliam Herschel on April 15, 1784.[5] The distance to NGC 4598 has not been accurately determined; measurements vary from 64 to 102 millionlight-years.[3][6] According to theNASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database, itsredshift based distance is 102 Mly (31.3 Mpc) while its redshift independent based distance is 88.71 Mly (27.200 Mpc).[3] Also, according toSIMBAD, its distance is 63.7 Mly (19.54 Mpc).[6] NGC 4598's average distance is 84.8 Mly (26.0 Mpc).[1] NGC 4598 is usually considered to be a member of theVirgo Cluster.[7][8] However, P. Fouqu´e et al. suggests it may be a background galaxy independent of the maincluster.[9]
