NGC 4698
NGC 4698
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
48 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
53k ly
across
10.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 48 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4698 as it looked roughly 48 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 4649Elliptical2.8 million ly
apartIC 3576Spiral3.1 million ly
apartIC 3773Elliptical3.4 million ly
apartNGC 4580Spiral3.4 million ly
apartIC 3727Spiral3.4 million ly
apartNGC 4660Elliptical3.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3576Spiral3.1 million ly
apartIC 3773Elliptical3.4 million ly
apartNGC 4580Spiral3.4 million ly
apartIC 3727Spiral3.4 million ly
apartNGC 4660Elliptical3.6 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).