NGC 4598

NGC 4598 is a barred lenticular galaxy located in the constellation Virgo. NGC 4598 was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on April 15, 1784. The distance to NGC 4598 has not been accurately determined; measurements vary from 64 to 102 million light-years. According to the NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database, its redshift based distance is 31.3 Mpc while its redshift independent based distance is 27.200 Mpc. Also, according to SIMBAD, its distance is 19.54 Mpc. NGC 4598's average distance is 84.8 Mly. NGC 4598 is usually considered to be a member of the Virgo Cluster. However, P. Fouqu´e et al. suggests it may be a background galaxy independent of the main cluster.