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{{Short description|Galaxy in the constellation Virgo}}
{{Infobox Galaxy
| name = [[New General Catalogue|NGC]] 4598
| image = [[File:SDSS NGC 4598.jpg|250px]]
| caption = [[Sloan Digital Sky Survey]] image of NGC 4598.
| epoch = [[J2000]]
| type = SB0<ref name="ned">{{cite web
| title=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database
| work=Results for NGC 4598
| url=http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/
| access-date=2018-03-18}}</ref>
| ra = {{RA|12|40|11.9}}<ref name="ned" />
| dec = {{DEC|08|23|01}}<ref name="ned" />
| dist_ly = {{convert|19.54|Mpc|Mly|abbr=on|lk=on|order=flip}},<ref name="simbad"/> {{convert|27.200|Mpc|Mly|abbr=on|lk=on|order=flip}}, {{convert|31.3|Mpc|Mly|abbr=on|lk=on|order=flip}} (Redshift-based) <ref name="ned" /><ref name="simbad">{{cite simbad
| title=NGC 4598
| access-date=2018-03-18 }}</ref>
| group_cluster = [[Virgo Cluster]]
| h_radial_v = 1961 km/s<ref name="ned" />
| z = 0.006541<ref name="ned" />
| appmag_v = 13.6<ref name="ned" />
| size_v = 1.47 x 1.06<ref name="ned" />
| constellation name = [[Virgo (constellation)|Virgo]]
| names = CGCG 70-207, MCG 2-32-171, PGC 42427, UGC 7829, VCC 1827<ref name="ned" />
|size=~{{convert|13.45|kpc|ly|abbr=on|lk=on|order=flip}} (estimated)<ref name ="ned" />
}}
'''NGC 4598''' is a [[barred lenticular galaxy]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=NGC+4598&extend=no&hconst=73&omegam=0.27&omegav=0.73&corr_z=1&out_csys=Equatorial&out_equinox=J2000.0&obj_sort=RA+or+Longitude&of=pre_text&zv_breaker=30000.0&list_limit=5&img_stamp=YES|title=Your NED Search Results|website=ned.ipac.caltech.edu|access-date=2018-03-19}}</ref> located in the constellation [[Virgo (constellation)|Virgo]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://spider.seds.org/ngc/revngcic.cgi?NGC4598|title=Revised NGC Data for NGC 4598|website=spider.seds.org|access-date=2018-03-19}}</ref> NGC 4598 was discovered by astronomer [[William Herschel]] on April 15, 1784.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc45a.htm#4598|title=New General Catalog Objects: NGC 4550 - 4599|website=cseligman.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-03-08}}</ref> The distance to NGC 4598 has not been accurately determined; measurements vary from 64 to 102 million [[light-year]]s.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+4598&submit=SIMBAD+search|title=NGC 4598|access-date=2018-03-19}}</ref> According to the [[NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database]], its [[redshift]] based distance is {{convert|31.3|Mpc|Mly|abbr=on|lk=on|order=flip}} while its redshift independent based distance is {{convert|27.200|Mpc|Mly|abbr=on|lk=on|order=flip}}.<ref name=":0" /> Also, according to [[SIMBAD]], its distance is {{convert|19.54|Mpc|Mly|abbr=on|lk=on|order=flip}}.<ref name=":1" /> NGC 4598's average distance is {{convert|84.8|Mly|Mpc|abbr=on|lk=on|}}.{{ref|a}} NGC 4598 is usually considered to be a member of the [[Virgo Cluster]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Binggeli|first1=B.|last2=Sandage|first2=A.|last3=Tammann|first3=G. A.|date=1985-09-01|title=Studies of the Virgo Cluster. II - A catalog of 2096 galaxies in the Virgo Cluster area.|bibcode=1985AJ.....90.1681B|journal=The Astronomical Journal|volume=90|pages=1681–1759|doi=10.1086/113874|issn=0004-6256}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Erwin|first1=Peter|last2=Gutiérrez|first2=Leonel|last3=Beckman|first3=John E.|date=2012|title=A Strong Dichotomy in S0 Disk Profiles between the Virgo Cluster and the Field|url=http://stacks.iop.org/2041-8205/744/i=1/a=L11|journal=The Astrophysical Journal Letters|language=en|volume=744|issue=1|pages=L11|doi=10.1088/2041-8205/744/1/l11|issn=2041-8205|arxiv=1111.5027|bibcode=2012ApJ...744L..11E|s2cid=119187927}}</ref> However, P. Fouqu´e et al. suggests it may be a background galaxy independent of the main [[Galaxy cluster|cluster]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Fouqué|first1=P.|last2=Solanes|first2=J. M.|last3=Sanchis|first3=T.|last4=Balkowski|first4=C.|date=2001-09-01|title=Structure, mass and distance of the Virgo cluster from a Tolman-Bondi model|journal=Astronomy & Astrophysics|language=en|volume=375|issue=3|pages=770–780|doi=10.1051/0004-6361:20010833|issn=0004-6361|arxiv=astro-ph/0106261|bibcode=2001A&A...375..770F|s2cid=10468717}}</ref>
==See also==
* [[NGC 1533]]
== Notes ==
:1.{{note|a}}This value was determined by using the three other measured values given above.
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[[Category:Virgo (constellation)]]
[[Category:Barred lenticular galaxies]]
[[Category:NGC objects|4598]]
[[Category:Principal Galaxies Catalogue objects|42427]]
[[Category:UGC objects|7829]]
[[Category:Astronomical objects discovered in 1784]]
[[Category:Discoveries by William Herschel]]
[[Category:Virgo Cluster]]