NGC 7498
NGC 7498
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
364 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
101k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 364 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7498 as it looked roughly 364 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 7494Elliptical9.0 million ly
apartNGC 7573Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 5310Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 7656Lenticular41 million ly
apartIC 5326Barred spiral44 million ly
apartIC 5345Spiral47 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7573Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 5310Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 7656Lenticular41 million ly
apartIC 5326Barred spiral44 million ly
apartIC 5345Spiral47 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).