NGC 6998
NGC 6998
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
561 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
153k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 561 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6998 as it looked roughly 561 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 6999Lenticular39 million ly
apartNGC 7016Elliptical47 million ly
apartNGC 7019Barred spiral47 million ly
apartIC 5088Lenticular60 million ly
apartIC 5019Spiral100 million ly
apartIC 1328Spiral100 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7016Elliptical47 million ly
apartNGC 7019Barred spiral47 million ly
apartIC 5088Lenticular60 million ly
apartIC 5019Spiral100 million ly
apartIC 1328Spiral100 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).