IC 4998
IC 4998
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
311 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
142k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 311 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4998 as it looked roughly 311 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
NGC 6919Spiral34 million ly
apartNGC 6849Elliptical35 million ly
apartIC 4931Elliptical37 million ly
apartIC 4991Lenticular48 million ly
apartNGC 6878Spiral51 million ly
apartNGC 6845BBarred spiral52 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6849Elliptical35 million ly
apartIC 4931Elliptical37 million ly
apartIC 4991Lenticular48 million ly
apartNGC 6878Spiral51 million ly
apartNGC 6845BBarred spiral52 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).