NGC 1298
NGC 1298
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
305 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
92k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 305 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1298 as it looked roughly 305 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 1308Lenticular7.7 million ly
apartNGC 1305Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 1280Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 1322Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 1328Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 1323Lenticular25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1305Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 1280Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 1322Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 1328Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 1323Lenticular25 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).