NGC 2398
NGC 2398
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
412 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
144k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 412 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2398 as it looked roughly 412 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 2191Elliptical25 million ly
apartIC 2188Lenticular33 million ly
apartIC 2187Elliptical38 million ly
apartIC 474Lenticular43 million ly
apartNGC 2407Elliptical48 million ly
apartNGC 2406Elliptical50 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2188Lenticular33 million ly
apartIC 2187Elliptical38 million ly
apartIC 474Lenticular43 million ly
apartNGC 2407Elliptical48 million ly
apartNGC 2406Elliptical50 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).