NGC 2498
NGC 2498
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
222 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
67k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 222 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2498 as it looked roughly 222 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 2487Barred spiral3.5 million ly
apartIC 481Barred spiral3.5 million ly
apartNGC 2486Barred spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 2512Barred spiral7.8 million ly
apartIC 480Barred spiral7.8 million ly
apartIC 476Spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 481Barred spiral3.5 million ly
apartNGC 2486Barred spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 2512Barred spiral7.8 million ly
apartIC 480Barred spiral7.8 million ly
apartIC 476Spiral13 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).