NGC 7298
NGC 7298
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
237 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
88k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 237 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7298 as it looked roughly 237 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 7300Spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 7255Spiral9.6 million ly
apartNGC 7251Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 1443Elliptical31 million ly
apartNGC 7165Spiral34 million ly
apartIC 1417Barred spiral35 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7255Spiral9.6 million ly
apartNGC 7251Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 1443Elliptical31 million ly
apartNGC 7165Spiral34 million ly
apartIC 1417Barred spiral35 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).