NGC 5098 NED02
NGC 5098 NED02
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
504 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
161k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 504 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5098 NED02 as it looked roughly 504 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 5098 NED01Elliptical19 million ly
apartIC 861Lenticular30 million ly
apartIC 4166Spiral32 million ly
apartIC 4188Barred spiral44 million ly
apartNGC 5096 NED01Elliptical45 million ly
apartIC 4144Barred spiral45 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 861Lenticular30 million ly
apartIC 4166Spiral32 million ly
apartIC 4188Barred spiral44 million ly
apartNGC 5096 NED01Elliptical45 million ly
apartIC 4144Barred spiral45 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).