NGC 4598 is a barred lenticular galaxy located in the constellation Virgo. NGC 4598 was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on April 15, 1784. The distance to NGC 4598 has not been accurately determined; measurements vary from 64 to 102 million light-years. According to the NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database, its redshift based distance is 102 Mly (31.3 Mpc) while its redshift independent based distance is 88.71 Mly (27.200 Mpc). Also, according to SIMBAD, its distance is 63.7 Mly (19.54 Mpc). NGC 4598's average distance is 84.8 Mly (26.0 Mpc).[1] NGC 4598 is usually considered to be a member of the Virgo Cluster. However, P. Fouqu´e et al. suggests it may be a background galaxy independent of the main cluster.
Galaxy in the constellation Virgo
NGC 4598
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- Constellation
- Virgo
- Right ascension
- 12h 40m 11.9s
- Declination
- 08° 23′ 01″
- Redshift
- 0.006541
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 1961 km/s
- Distance
- 63.7 Mly (19.54 Mpc), 88.71 Mly (27.200 Mpc), 102 Mly (31.3 Mpc) (Redshift-based)
- Group or cluster
- Virgo Cluster
- Apparent magnitude (V)
- 13.6
- Type
- SB0
- Size
- ~43,900 ly (13.45 kpc) (estimated)
- Apparent size (V)
- 1.47 x 1.06
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