NGC 4898A
NGC 4898A
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
320 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
63k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 320 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4898A as it looked roughly 320 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 4869Elliptical1.2 million ly
apartNGC 4864Elliptical2.1 million ly
apartIC 3963Lenticular2.6 million ly
apartNGC 4926ALenticular3.2 million ly
apartNGC 4871Lenticular3.5 million ly
apartIC 3943Lenticular3.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4864Elliptical2.1 million ly
apartIC 3963Lenticular2.6 million ly
apartNGC 4926ALenticular3.2 million ly
apartNGC 4871Lenticular3.5 million ly
apartIC 3943Lenticular3.7 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).