NGC 4498
NGC 4498
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
69 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
58k ly
across
12.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 69 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4498 as it looked roughly 69 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 796Lenticular3.2 million ly
apartNGC 4474Lenticular3.8 million ly
apartNGC 4421Lenticular4.0 million ly
apartNGC 4377Elliptical4.5 million ly
apartIC 3462Elliptical4.9 million ly
apartIC 3506Elliptical5.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4474Lenticular3.8 million ly
apartNGC 4421Lenticular4.0 million ly
apartNGC 4377Elliptical4.5 million ly
apartIC 3462Elliptical4.9 million ly
apartIC 3506Elliptical5.1 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).