NGC 98
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spiral galaxy in the constellation Phoenix
Key facts
- Constellation
- Phoenix
- Right ascension
- 00 22 49.518
- Declination
- −45 ° 16 ′ 08.43 ″
- Distance
- 290 Mly (89 Mpc )
- Type
- SB(rs)bc
- Size
- 185,400 ly (56,850 pc )
- Apparent size v
- 2.3 ′ × 1.8 ′
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- NGC 98 DECam.jpg
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- radial velocity
- 6171.0
- time of discovery or invention
- 1834-09-06
- catalog code
- Gaia DR2 4978722176809172864
- apparent magnitude
- 9.759
- redshift
- 0.020594
- galaxy morphological type
- Sa
- right ascension
- 5.70649647022940
- declination
- -45.26905572756830
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Article
NGC 98 is a barred spiral galaxy in the Phoenix constellation. The galaxy NGC 98 was discovered on September 6, 1834, by the British astronomer John Frederick William Herschel.
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