Observation by Adam Rawlinson: Messier 98

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Adam Rawlinson

Observer

Adam Rawlinson

Observed

2024 Apr 09 - 10:30

Uploaded

2024 Apr 10 - 14:36

Objects

M98

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Constellation

Coma Berenices

Field centre

RA: 12^h13^m
Dec: +14°54'
Position angle: +13°26'

Field size

1°11' × 0°57'

Equipment

Primaluce Airy 90 APO
SXPro 694 Trius C
skywatcher EQ6 pier mounted

Exposure

300secs

Location

Sandhurst UK

Target name

M98

Title

Messier 98

About this image

Has a bit of an identity crisis this one.

It is a spiral but displays both barred and non-barred morphology its classed as a SAB(s)ab spiral

Some 44mly distant it has lots of easily seen dust lanes. I observed this visually at the same time through a 200mm RC and detail came through at 200x really well

Its in the virgo cluster and is coming our way ! (Blue shifted)

Files associated with this observation

M98-3000sec.jpg (370.3 kB)

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