NGC 7598
NGC 7598
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
528 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
46k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 528 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7598 as it looked roughly 528 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 7571Lenticular3.7 million ly
apartIC 5314Elliptical8.8 million ly
apartIC 5312Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 7588Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 7602Lenticular22 million ly
apartIC 5300Lenticular24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5314Elliptical8.8 million ly
apartIC 5312Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 7588Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 7602Lenticular22 million ly
apartIC 5300Lenticular24 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).