NGC 998

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NGC 998
NGC998 - SDSS DR14.jpg
SDSS image of NGC 998
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Cetus
Right ascension 02h 37m 16.50891s [1]
Declination +07° 20 08.7169 [1]
Redshift 0.02184 [2]
Heliocentric radial velocity 6476 km/s [2]
Distance 303.7 ± 21.4  Mly (93.11 ± 6.56  Mpc) [3]
Apparent magnitude  (B)14.6 [2]
Absolute magnitude  (V)-23.46 +/- 0.51 [2]
Characteristics
Type S? [2]
Other designations
MCG +01-07-015, PGC 9934 [2]

NGC 998 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus. It is estimated to be 294 million light years from the Milky Way and has a diameter of approximately 90,000 ly. Together with NGC 997, it forms a gravitationally bound pair of galaxies. NGC 998 was discovered by astronomer Albert Marth on 10 November 1863 using a 48-inch telescope. [4] [5] [6]

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  1. 1 2 Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics . 616. A1. arXiv: 1804.09365 . Bibcode: 2018A&A...616A...1G . doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/201833051 .
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "NGC 998". SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved 2020-06-03.
  3. "Results for object NGC 0998 (NGC 998)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2020-06-03.
  4. "Revised NGC Data for NGC 998". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2020-03-24.
  5. "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-24.
  6. Ford, Dominic. "The galaxy NGC 998 - In-The-Sky.org". in-the-sky.org. Retrieved 2020-03-24.