IC 698
IC 698
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
291 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
88k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 291 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 698 as it looked roughly 291 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 696Spiral2.0 million ly
apartIC 699Spiral2.3 million ly
apartIC 2867Spiral2.7 million ly
apartIC 2853Spiral3.3 million ly
apartIC 2857Spiral3.7 million ly
apartIC 2850Spiral4.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 699Spiral2.3 million ly
apartIC 2867Spiral2.7 million ly
apartIC 2853Spiral3.3 million ly
apartIC 2857Spiral3.7 million ly
apartIC 2850Spiral4.1 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).