NGC 2998
NGC 2998
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
222 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
158k ly
across
12.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 222 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2998 as it looked roughly 222 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 3006Barred spiral1.5 million ly
apartNGC 3008Lenticular1.8 million ly
apartNGC 3010Elliptical2.5 million ly
apartNGC 3010CSpiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 3005Spiral9.8 million ly
apartNGC 3009Barred spiral10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3008Lenticular1.8 million ly
apartNGC 3010Elliptical2.5 million ly
apartNGC 3010CSpiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 3005Spiral9.8 million ly
apartNGC 3009Barred 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).