NGC 3098
NGC 3098
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
64 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
43k ly
across
12.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 64 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3098 as it looked roughly 64 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 3162Spiral4.6 million ly
apartNGC 3193Elliptical5.2 million ly
apartNGC 3189Spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 3177Barred spiral6.4 million ly
apartIC 2520Lenticular6.5 million ly
apartNGC 3026Barred spiral7.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3193Elliptical5.2 million ly
apartNGC 3189Spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 3177Barred spiral6.4 million ly
apartIC 2520Lenticular6.5 million ly
apartNGC 3026Barred spiral7.3 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).