#messier 98

[chibinotan]

Spiral’s Center

[deep-sky-astronomy]

Messier 98 taken by the New Technology Telescope

[quiltofstars]

M98 // Marcel Noordman

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M98 // Roberto Marinoni

Containing about a trillion stars, M98 is a nearly edge-on galaxy with a slightly warped disk and tightly-wound spiral arms. M98 may have had an encounter with the nearby galaxy M99 about 750 million years ago, although those galaxies are now separated by about 1.3 million light years.

[quiltofstars]

M98 // Ron Clanton

[fishstickmonkey]

Messier 98, also known as NGC 4192, is located approximately 50 million light-years away in the constellation of Coma Berenices (Berenice's Hair).

(via Why So Blue? | ESO)

[chibinotan]

Spiral Galaxy Filled with Young Blue Stars