NGC 4298

NGC 4298 is a flocculent  spiral galaxy located about 53 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. The galaxy was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on April 8, 1784 and is a member of the Virgo Cluster.

NGC 4298 may harbor an intermediate-mass black hole with an estimated mass ranging from 20,000 ($2$ M☉) to 500,000 ($5$ M☉) solar masses.

Interaction with NGC 4302
NGC 4298 appears to form a pair with  and appears to interact with NGC 4302. Evidence for an interaction between the two galaxies are that NGC 4298 exhibits a lopsided, asymmetrical distribution of stars,  a tidal bridge that connects it to NGC 4302,   a prodigious rate of star formation and an HI-tail. However, the tail is also the result of ram pressure.

The two galaxies are separated from a projected distance of ~11 kpc.

Ram-pressure stripping
The presence of a truncated gas disc,  an asymmetric 6 cm polarized radio continuum distribution, an HI-tail,  and asymmetries of gas in a similar direction as the ram pressure stripped gas in NGC 4302 suggest that NGC 4298 is undergoing ram pressure.