NGC 4698
GalaxyWikipedia
8
MENTIONS
2
EPISODES
2
PODCASTS
Search complete. 8 mentions across 2 episodes found for "NGC 4698".
Oct 12, 2026
Fred WatsonGUEST
That's where they seem to originate from.
Fred WatsonGUEST
Um, whereas with, uh, this particular galaxy, and I haven't given it its name, it is NGC 4698, uh, a lovely, um, meaningless name.
Fred WatsonGUEST
[chuckles] Um, it's, uh, NGC stands for New General Catalog, which, if I remember rightly, was published in 1888.
Andrew DunkleyHOST
Yes.
Fred WatsonGUEST
Uh, so it's still pretty new really.
Fred WatsonGUEST
Uh, NGC 4698, uh, uh, the, the point about this galaxy is when you look at it, you can see spiral arms, but they're sort of only in the outer, I guess, the outer third of the galaxy, and in the middle, there's no sign of, of spiral arms.
Fred WatsonGUEST
So that straight away tells you that there's something different about this object.
Fred WatsonGUEST
Um, the other thing, and the thing that is, I guess, really remarkable is what we slightly unflatteringly refer to as the bulge of the galaxy.
Fred WatsonGUEST
Uh, but our spiral arms, uh, are sort of fixed to the end of the bar, that's where they seem to originate from.
Fred WatsonGUEST
Um, whereas with, uh, this particular galaxy, and I haven't given it its name, it is NGC 4698, uh, a lovely, um, meaningless [chuckles] name.
Fred WatsonGUEST
Um, it's, uh, NGC stands for New General Catalog, which if I remember rightly, was published in 1888.
Andrew DunkleyHOST
Yes.
Fred WatsonGUEST
Uh, so it's still pretty new really.
Fred WatsonGUEST
Uh, NGC 4698, uh, uh, the, the point about this galaxy is when you look at it, you can see spiral arms, but they're sort of only in the outer, I guess the outer third of the galaxy, and in the middle, there's no sign of, of spiral arms.
Fred WatsonGUEST
So that straight away tells you that there's something different about this object.
Fred WatsonGUEST
Um, the other thing, and the thing that is, I guess, really remarkable is what we slightly unflatteringly refer to as the bulge of the galaxy.