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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]
^ abcSkrutskie, 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. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131 (2): 1163–1183. Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S. doi:10.1086/498708. ISSN 0004-6256. S2CID 18913331.
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^ ab"NGC 2998". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
^ abc"NED results for object NGC 2998". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
^ abPaudel, Sanjaya; Sengupta, Chandreyee; Yoon, Suk-Jin; Chhatkuli, Daya Nidhi (2020). "MCG+07-20-052: Interacting Dwarf Pair in a Group Environment". The Astronomical Journal. 159 (4): 141. arXiv:2002.10076. Bibcode:2020AJ....159..141P. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/ab722f. S2CID 211258826.
^"NAME NGC 2998 Group". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
January 25, 1851. It is a member of the NGC 2998 group, which also includes NGC2998, NGC 3002, NGC 3006, NGC 3008, and a few others. Skrutskie, Michael...
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