NGC 5298
NGC 5298
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
203 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
110k ly
across
13.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 203 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5298 as it looked roughly 203 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 5291Elliptical2.0 million ly
apartNGC 5292Spiral4.0 million ly
apartIC 4328Barred spiral7.4 million ly
apartIC 4329Elliptical8.7 million ly
apartIC 4326Spiral10 million ly
apartIC 4295Barred spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5292Spiral4.0 million ly
apartIC 4328Barred spiral7.4 million ly
apartIC 4329Elliptical8.7 million ly
apartIC 4326Spiral10 million ly
apartIC 4295Barred 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).