NGC 6598
NGC 6598
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
387 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
133k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 387 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6598 as it looked roughly 387 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 6470Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 6471 NED01Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 6420Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 6552Barred spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 6457Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 6419Spiral27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6471 NED01Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 6420Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 6552Barred spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 6457Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 6419Spiral27 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).