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m98Messier 98 is a spiral galaxy with about a trillion stars, neutral hydrogen gas and interstellar dust. It is a member of the Virgo cluster and was discovered by Pierre Méchain inMessier 98, M98 or NGC 4192, is an intermediate spiral galaxy about 44.4 million lht-years away in slhtly northerly Coma Berenices, about 6° to the east of the brht star Denebola (Beta Leonis). It was discovered by French astronomer Pierre Méchain on 1781, along with nearby M99 and M100, and was catalogued by compatriot Charles Messier 29 days later in his Catalogue des Nébuleuses & d…