NGC 2598
NGC 2598
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
214 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
74k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 214 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2598 as it looked roughly 214 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 2582Barred spiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 2563Lenticular9.3 million ly
apartNGC 2556Elliptical9.8 million ly
apartNGC 2625Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 2599Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2643Lenticular12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2563Lenticular9.3 million ly
apartNGC 2556Elliptical9.8 million ly
apartNGC 2625Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 2599Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2643Lenticular12 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).