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 (2×104 M☉) to 500,000 (5×105 M☉) solar masses. 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, and 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 ~36,000 ly (11 kpc).

Telescope: Astro Physics 175EDF f8.3
Mount: Astro Physics 3600GTO “El Capitan”
Camera: SBIG STT8300
Guider: Mini Borg 50 / SBIG STi

L: 77×10 mins = 770 mins, R: 24×10 mins = 240 mins, G: 24×10 mins = 240 mins, B: 25×10 mins = 250 mins

Total Imaging Time: 25h 00m

Data Imaged remotely over 7 nights during April & May 2021.
Data acquisition & Processing by David Churchill.

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