NGC 998
NGC 998
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
305 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
56k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 305 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 998 as it looked roughly 305 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 997 NED02Elliptical2.1 million ly
apartNGC 1044 NED02Galaxy10 million ly
apartNGC 1044 NED01Elliptical17 million ly
apartIC 1819Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 1095Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 975Lenticular25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1044 NED02Galaxy10 million ly
apartNGC 1044 NED01Elliptical17 million ly
apartIC 1819Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 1095Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 975Lenticular25 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).