NGC 1398
NGC 1398
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBab
65 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
131k ly
across
9.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 65 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1398 as it looked roughly 65 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 1426Elliptical5.1 million ly
apartNGC 1292Spiral5.5 million ly
apartNGC 1385Spiral5.6 million ly
apartNGC 1306Barred spiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 1331Elliptical7.2 million ly
apartNGC 1339Elliptical7.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1292Spiral5.5 million ly
apartNGC 1385Spiral5.6 million ly
apartNGC 1306Barred spiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 1331Elliptical7.2 million ly
apartNGC 1339Elliptical7.3 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).