Spiral Galaxy · M98

M98 — NGC 4192

M98 is a large, nearly edge-on spiral galaxy in Coma Berenices, about 44 million light-years from Earth. Like M86 and M90, it is one of the rare Messier galaxies with a blueshift — it is approaching us at about 125 km/s due to its motion wi

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