NGC 1198
NGC 1198
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
74 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
44k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 74 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1198 as it looked roughly 74 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 972Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 1056Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 1161Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 1282Elliptical28 million ly
apartNGC 1138Lenticular36 million ly
apartNGC 1169Barred spiral37 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1056Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 1161Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 1282Elliptical28 million ly
apartNGC 1138Lenticular36 million ly
apartNGC 1169Barred spiral37 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).