NGC 7398
NGC 7398
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
219 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
67k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 219 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7398 as it looked roughly 219 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 7397Lenticular380,000 ly
apartNGC 7402Lenticular3.8 million ly
apartIC 1455Barred spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 7373Lenticular9.9 million ly
apartNGC 7396Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 7401Barred spiral10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7402Lenticular3.8 million ly
apartIC 1455Barred spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 7373Lenticular9.9 million ly
apartNGC 7396Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 7401Barred spiral10 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).