NGC 2998 explained

NGC 2998
Epoch:	J2000
Constellation Name:	Ursa Major
Ra:	^[1]
Z:	0.01591^[2]
H Radial V:	4732 ± 3 km/s
Dist Ly:	^[3]
Type:	SAB(rs)c
Appmag B:	13.3^[4]
Size V:	1.080 × 0.562

NGC 2998 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Ursa Major.^[5] It is 195 million light-years (59.7 megaparsecs) away from the Earth.^[3] It is an intermediate spiral galaxy.^[5] Its stellar mass is about that of the Milky Way.^[6]

NGC 2998 is a member of the eponymous NGC 2998 group, a relatively dense galaxy group which also includes NGC 3002, NGC 3005, NGC 3006, NGC 3008 and a few others.^{[7] [6]}

See also

• List of NGC objects (2001–3000)

Notes and References

1. 10.1086/498708 . Skrutskie . Michael F. . Cutri . Roc M. . Stiening . Rae . Weinberg . Martin D. . Schneider . Stephen E. . Carpenter . John M. . Beichman . Charles A. . Capps . Richard W. . Chester . Thomas . Elias . Jonathan H. . Huchra . John P. . Liebert . James W. . Lonsdale . Carol J. . Monet . David G. . Price . Stephan . Seitzer . Patrick . Jarrett . Thomas H. . Kirkpatrick . J. Davy . Gizis . John E. . Howard . Elizabeth V. . Evans . Tracey E. . Fowler . John W. . Fullmer . Linda . Hurt . Robert L. . Light . Robert M. . Kopan . Eugene L. . Marsh . Kenneth A. . McCallon . Howard L. . Tam . Robert . Van Dyk . Schuyler D. . Wheelock . Sherry L. . The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS) . The Astronomical Journal . 1 February 2006 . 131 . 2 . 1163–1183 . 2006AJ....131.1163S . 18913331 . 0004-6256 . free .
2. The Ninth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: First Spectroscopic Data from the SDSS-III Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey. Ahn, C. P.. etal. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement. 203. 2. 21. 2009. 2012ApJS..203...21A. 1207.7137. 10.1088/0067-0049/203/2/21. 20026118.
3. 2016AJ....152...50T. 10.3847/0004-6256/152/2/50. 1605.01765. Cosmicflows-3. Tully, R. Brent. Courtois, Hélène M.. Sorce, Jenny G.. The Astronomical Journal. 152. 2. 50. 21. 2016. 250737862 . free .
4. NGC 2998. 5 October 2018.
5. Web site: NED results for object NGC 2998. 5 October 2018 . NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database .
6. 10.3847/1538-3881/ab722f. MCG+07-20-052: Interacting Dwarf Pair in a Group Environment. 2020. Paudel. Sanjaya. Sengupta. Chandreyee. Yoon. Suk-Jin. Chhatkuli. Daya Nidhi. The Astronomical Journal. 159. 4. 141. 2002.10076. 2020AJ....159..141P. 211258826 . free .
7. NAME NGC 2998 Group. 2021-02-14.