NGC 3998
NGC 3998
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
51 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
41k ly
across
11.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 51 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3998 as it looked roughly 51 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 3982Spiral960,000 ly
apartNGC 3992Barred spiral2.8 million ly
apartNGC 3850Spiral3.4 million ly
apartNGC 3953Barred spiral3.4 million ly
apartNGC 4142Barred spiral3.8 million ly
apartNGC 3898Spiral4.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3992Barred spiral2.8 million ly
apartNGC 3850Spiral3.4 million ly
apartNGC 3953Barred spiral3.4 million ly
apartNGC 4142Barred spiral3.8 million ly
apartNGC 3898Spiral4.2 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).