NGC 2898
NGC 2898
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
348 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
105k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 348 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2898 as it looked roughly 348 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 2877Lenticular9.6 million ly
apartNGC 2878Spiral9.8 million ly
apartNGC 2897Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 2936Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 3015Lenticular31 million ly
apartNGC 2937Elliptical33 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2878Spiral9.8 million ly
apartNGC 2897Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 2936Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 3015Lenticular31 million ly
apartNGC 2937Elliptical33 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).