NGC 4998
NGC 4998
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
415 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
123k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 415 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4998 as it looked roughly 415 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 4967Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 5001Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 4973Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 4974Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 5163Elliptical26 million ly
apartNGC 4837 NED02Spiral27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5001Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 4973Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 4974Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 5163Elliptical26 million ly
apartNGC 4837 NED02Spiral27 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).