NGC 2998

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NGC 2998
NGC2998 - SDSS DR14.jpg
SDSS image of NGC 2998
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Ursa Major
Right ascension 09h 48m 43.630s [1]
Declination +44° 04′ 52.63″ [1]
Redshift 0.01591 [2]
Helio radial velocity 4732 ± 3 km/s [2]
Distance 195  Mly (59.7  Mpc) [3]
Apparent magnitude  (B)13.3 [4]
Characteristics
Type SAB(rs)c [5]
Apparent size  (V)1.080′ × 0.562′ [1]
Other designations
NGC 2998, UGC 5250, MCG +07-20-051, PGC 28196 [4]

NGC 2998 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Ursa Major. [5] It is 195 million light-years (59.7 megaparsecs) away from the Earth. [3] It is an intermediate spiral galaxy. [5] Its stellar mass is about that of the Milky Way. [6]

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NGC 2998 is a member of the eponymous NGC 2998 group, a relatively dense galaxy group which also includes NGC 3002, NGC 3005, NGC 3006, NGC 3008 and a few others. [7] [6]

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