NGC 4498

{{Short description|Galaxy in the constellation Coma Berenices}}

{{Infobox Galaxy

| name = NGC 4498

| image = NGC 4498 hst 05446 606.png

| image_size = 250px

| caption = Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 4498.

| epoch = J2000

| type = SAB(s)d{{cite web

| title=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database

| work=Results for NGC 4498

| url=http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/

| access-date=2017-11-02}}

| ra = {{RA|12|31|39.5}}

| dec = {{DEC|16|51|10}}

| dist_ly = 52,622,920

ly

{{cite web

| title = parsecs to lightyears conversion

| url = http://www.unitconversion.org/length/parsecs-to-light-years-conversion.html

| access-date = 2017-09-30

}}

| group_cluster = Virgo Cluster

| z = 0.005027/1507 km/s

| appmag_v = 12.79

| size_v = 3.0 x 1.6

| constellation name = Coma Berenices

| names = PGC 41472, UGC 7669, VCC 1379

|size=~53,560 ly (estimated) }}

NGC 4498 is a barred spiral galaxy

{{cite journal

| author=Binggeli, B. | author2=Sandage, A. | author3=Tammann, G. A.

| date=1985

| title=Studies of the Virgo Cluster. II – A catalog of 2096 galaxies in the Virgo Cluster area

| journal=Astronomical Journal

| volume=90 | pages=1681–1759

| doi=10.1086/113874

| bibcode=1985AJ.....90.1681B

}} located about 50 million light-years away{{Cite web|url=http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=NGC+4498&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=2017-11-03}} in the constellation Coma Berenices.{{Cite web|url=https://dso-browser.com/deep-sky/5547/ngc-4498/galaxy|title=Galaxy NGC 4498 - Barred Spiral Galaxy in Coma Berenices Constellation · Deep Sky Objects Browser|last=Rojas|first=Sebastián García|website=DSO Browser|language=en|access-date=2017-11-03|archive-date=2017-11-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107012226/https://dso-browser.com/deep-sky/5547/ngc-4498/galaxy|url-status=dead}} NGC 4498 was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on March 21, 1784.{{Cite web|url=http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc44a.htm#4498|title=New General Catalog Objects: NGC 4450 - 4499|website=cseligman.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-10-27}} NGC 4498 is a member of the Virgo Cluster.{{Cite web|url=http://www.atlasoftheuniverse.com/galgrps/vir.html|title=The Virgo Cluster|website=www.atlasoftheuniverse.com|access-date=2017-10-31}}{{Cite web|url=http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/NEDatt?objname=NGC+4498|title=Detailed Object Classifications|website=ned.ipac.caltech.edu|access-date=2017-11-04}}