We use cookies to deliver essential features and to measure their performance. Learn more.
menu
A Complete Guide to the Solar System and the Night Sky
Home
Search Objects
Major Solar System Objects
Comets
Asteroids
Spacecrafts
Star Maps
Orbits
public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
Timezone: Europe/London
Sunrise: 7:22 
Transit: 12:46 
Sunset: 18:09
wb_twilight   (Nautical Twilight)  
What's Visible Now • Tonight Timeline
Search  close

Other deep sky objects in Coma Berenices
All Constellations »  Coma Berenices »  Deep Sky Objects » 

NGC 4098 - Galaxy Pair in Coma Berenices

Above the horizon.  Rise: 3:48 | Tran: 11:37 | Set: 19:26
Alt: 5.16°   Az: 296.77°   Direction: West-North-West

NGC 4098 is a Galaxy Pair in the Coma Berenices constellation. NGC 4098 is situated close to the celestial equator and, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year.

The image below is a photograph of NGC 4098 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5000x0.5000 degrees (30.00x30.00 arcmins).

Image of NGC 4098 - Galaxy Pair in Coma Berenices star
/>
DSS2 image of NGC 4098 in the Red band. The green region on the image is a representation of the major (1.2 arcmin) and minor (1.2 arcmin) axes of the object's apparent size.

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

12h 07m 19s
+20° 28’ 05”
07h 13m 25s
19h 20m 45s

J2000

12h 06m 03s
+20° 36’ 21”

Finder Chart

The simplified sky charts below show the position of NGC 4098 in the sky. The first chart has a field of view of 60° while the second one has a field of view of 10°.

Finder chart NGC 4098 - Galaxy Pair in Coma Berenices star
Simplified finder chart for NGC 4098 - Galaxy Pair in Coma Berenices.

Finder chart NGC 4098 - Galaxy Pair in Coma Berenices star
Simplified finder chart for NGC 4098 - Galaxy Pair in Coma Berenices.

Apparent Size

The following table reports NGC 4098 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of NGC 4098 is a visual representation of it.
1.2 arcmin
1.2 arcmin

Rise and Set Times

Location: Greenwich, UK
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

Today's NGC 4098 - Galaxy Pair in Coma Berenices rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 69.5°
Max altitude: 59.0°
Azimuth: 290.5°