NGC 2698
NGC 2698
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
87 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
37k ly
across
11.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 87 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2698 as it looked roughly 87 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 2697Lenticular1,000,000 ly
apartNGC 2695Lenticular1.7 million ly
apartNGC 2699Elliptical1.8 million ly
apartNGC 2709Lenticular2.1 million ly
apartNGC 2708Spiral6.2 million ly
apartNGC 2706Barred spiral10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2695Lenticular1.7 million ly
apartNGC 2699Elliptical1.8 million ly
apartNGC 2709Lenticular2.1 million ly
apartNGC 2708Spiral6.2 million ly
apartNGC 2706Barred spiral10 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).