NGC 298
NGC 298
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
82 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
35k ly
across
16.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 82 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 298 as it looked roughly 82 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 275Barred spiral1.7 million ly
apartNGC 274Elliptical4.3 million ly
apartNGC 337Barred spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 157Spiral8.4 million ly
apartIC 51Lenticular9.3 million ly
apartNGC 255Barred spiral9.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 274Elliptical4.3 million ly
apartNGC 337Barred spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 157Spiral8.4 million ly
apartIC 51Lenticular9.3 million ly
apartNGC 255Barred spiral9.9 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).