NGC 698
NGC 698
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
389 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
105k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 389 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 698 as it looked roughly 389 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 696Lenticular14 million ly
apartIC 1739Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 1728Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 619Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 623Elliptical37 million ly
apartNGC 612Lenticular39 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1739Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 1728Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 619Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 623Elliptical37 million ly
apartNGC 612Lenticular39 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).