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M98 aka. NGC 4192
Magnitude: 11.0
Distance: Aprox: 44.4 million light-years
Constellation: Coma Berenices
Diameter: 160,000 light-years
Number of Stars Approx:1 trillion

Messier 98 is an intermediate spiral galaxy located in the Virgo Cluster, in the constellation Coma Berenices. he galaxy is inclined at a 74-degree angle to our line of sight and appears almost edge-on. It is one of the faintest objects in the Messier Catalogue and, having a low surface brightness, one of the most difficult Messier objects to observe.

Taken 2/19/18 in Chiefland Florida by Russell Kille on a CPC 1100 with Hyperstar @ F2 and ZWO ASI294MC Pro camera

Relative position to M99 & 100