NGC 1098
NGC 1098
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
347 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
160k ly
across
12.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 347 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1098 as it looked roughly 347 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 1100Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 1099Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 1065Elliptical16 million ly
apartIC 253Lenticular16 million ly
apartIC 254Galaxy17 million ly
apartIC 251Elliptical17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1099Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 1065Elliptical16 million ly
apartIC 253Lenticular16 million ly
apartIC 254Galaxy17 million ly
apartIC 251Elliptical17 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).