M 98 (NGC 4192) is an intermediate spiral galaxy seen partially edge on. It is located around 50 million light years from here in the constellation of Coma Berenices and is part of the Virgo Cluster of Galaxies.
The Galaxy is fairly large in the field of view. Unlike most other galaxies which are heading away from us, M 98 is actually heading towards us which results in the light from the galaxy being blue shifted.
The galaxy has a heavy concentration of dust lanes and hydrogen alpha gas.
Imaged in LRGB on my Planewave CDK 1000 at Observatorio El Sauce, Chile.
Image acquisition and processing: Mike Selby
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