NGC 898
NGC 898
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
253 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
129k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 253 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 898 as it looked roughly 253 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 914Spiral5.1 million ly
apartNGC 910Elliptical7.6 million ly
apartNGC 911Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 937Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 923Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 946Lenticular14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 910Elliptical7.6 million ly
apartNGC 911Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 937Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 923Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 946Lenticular14 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).