M98 - Ghost Recon

m98The M98 was the brainchild of Peter Paul Mauser, born on June 27, 1838. It was by no means his first invention, though. That honour must go to the Mauser- Norris metallicMessier 98, M98 or NGC 4192, is an intermediate spiral galaxy about 44.4 million lht-years away in slhtly northerly Coma Berenices, about 6° to the east of the brht star Denebola (Beta Leonis). It was discovered by French astronomer Pierre Méchain on 1781, along with nearby M99 and M100, and was catalogued by compatriot Charles Messier 29 days later in his Catalogue des Nébuleuses & d…