NGC 4698 is a barred spiral galaxy[5] located around 55[3] million light years away from Earth in the constellation of Virgo.

It belongs to the Virgo Cluster of galaxies and is positioned near the northeastern edge of this assemblage.

[4] The morphological classification of NGC 4698 in the De Vaucouleurs system is SA(s)ab,[3] which indicates a purely spiral structure with moderate to tightly wound arms.

[5] NGC 4698 is classified as a Seyfert-2 galaxy with an active galactic nucleus, which displays a prominent emission of radio and X-ray energy from the core while showing narrow emission lines in the optical spectrum.

However, the varying X-ray emission of the core of NGC 4698 shows little indication of being obstructed, suggesting instead that the source of the energy emission is generally unobscured but anemic in nature.