NGC 3598
NGC 3598
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
285 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
133k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 285 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3598 as it looked roughly 285 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 3602Barred spiral2.0 million ly
apartIC 2689Spiral22 million ly
apartIC 2708Elliptical23 million ly
apartIC 2804Barred spiral23 million ly
apartIC 701Spiral25 million ly
apartIC 2826Barred spiral25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2689Spiral22 million ly
apartIC 2708Elliptical23 million ly
apartIC 2804Barred spiral23 million ly
apartIC 701Spiral25 million ly
apartIC 2826Barred spiral25 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).