IC 98
IC 98
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
764 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
151k ly
across
16.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 764 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 98 as it looked roughly 764 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
IC 108Spiral33 million ly
apartIC 80 NED02Elliptical54 million ly
apartIC 99Spiral76 million ly
apartIC 147Spiral82 million ly
apartIC 1602Elliptical89 million ly
apartNGC 333BLenticular90 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 80 NED02Elliptical54 million ly
apartIC 99Spiral76 million ly
apartIC 147Spiral82 million ly
apartIC 1602Elliptical89 million ly
apartNGC 333BLenticular90 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).