IC 198
IC 198
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
433 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
127k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 433 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 198 as it looked roughly 433 million years ago. The photons left before that much of history had passed, and are only now reaching us. This distance is estimated from the galaxy's redshift, so the lookback time is approximate.
Nearest galaxies
IC 199Spiral2.6 million ly
apartIC 202Barred spiral7.2 million ly
apartIC 214Barred spiral36 million ly
apartIC 1786Galaxy38 million ly
apartIC 1779Galaxy45 million ly
apartNGC 766Elliptical57 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 202Barred spiral7.2 million ly
apartIC 214Barred spiral36 million ly
apartIC 1786Galaxy38 million ly
apartIC 1779Galaxy45 million ly
apartNGC 766Elliptical57 million ly
apart
Source: structural data (position, morphology, brightness, redshift) from OpenNGC (CC BY-SA). Distance computed by gravityfinder from redshift via Hubble's law (H0 = 70 km/s/Mpc).