NGC 4198
NGC 4198
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
433 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
101k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 433 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4198 as it looked roughly 433 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 4172Spiral2.7 million ly
apartNGC 4181Elliptical28 million ly
apartNGC 3846Barred spiral38 million ly
apartNGC 4187Elliptical40 million ly
apartNGC 4054 NED02Spiral46 million ly
apartNGC 4054 NED01Barred spiral47 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4181Elliptical28 million ly
apartNGC 3846Barred spiral38 million ly
apartNGC 4187Elliptical40 million ly
apartNGC 4054 NED02Spiral46 million ly
apartNGC 4054 NED01Barred spiral47 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).