NGC 1998

NGC 1998 (also known as ESO 204-15, PGC 17434) is a lenticular galaxy located in the Pictor constellation.

It was discovered by John Herschel on December 28, 1834[4] and is about 207 million light-years from the Milky Way.

[3] and its size is 0.90 by 0.5 arc minutes.

[3] In some sources such as SIMBAD, it is misidentified as nearby double star NGC 1995.

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