NGC 4598
NGC 4598
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
91 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
40k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 91 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4598 as it looked roughly 91 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 4535Spiral2.3 million ly
apartIC 3633Elliptical2.6 million ly
apartNGC 4596Lenticular3.0 million ly
apartIC 3719Irregular4.6 million ly
apartNGC 4612Lenticular5.0 million ly
apartIC 3562Irregular5.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3633Elliptical2.6 million ly
apartNGC 4596Lenticular3.0 million ly
apartIC 3719Irregular4.6 million ly
apartNGC 4612Lenticular5.0 million ly
apartIC 3562Irregular5.7 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).