NGC 5198
NGC 5198
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
118 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
70k ly
across
11.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 118 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5198 as it looked roughly 118 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 5173Elliptical1.2 million ly
apartNGC 5169Barred spiral1.9 million ly
apartIC 4263Barred spiral6.8 million ly
apartNGC 5297Spiral8.5 million ly
apartNGC 5296Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 5290Barred spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5169Barred spiral1.9 million ly
apartIC 4263Barred spiral6.8 million ly
apartNGC 5297Spiral8.5 million ly
apartNGC 5296Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 5290Barred spiral12 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).