NGC 3298
NGC 3298
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
630 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
201k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 630 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3298 as it looked roughly 630 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
IC 646Spiral68 million ly
apartIC 2549Barred spiral160 million ly
apartNGC 3219Elliptical170 million ly
apartIC 687Elliptical180 million ly
apartNGC 3594Lenticular180 million ly
apartIC 712Elliptical190 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2549Barred spiral160 million ly
apartNGC 3219Elliptical170 million ly
apartIC 687Elliptical180 million ly
apartNGC 3594Lenticular180 million ly
apartIC 712Elliptical190 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).