NGC 5898
NGC 5898
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
101 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
78k ly
across
11.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 101 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5898 as it looked roughly 101 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
IC 4536Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5890Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 5903Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 6000Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 5892Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 5781Barred spiral19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5890Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 5903Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 6000Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 5892Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 5781Barred spiral19 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).