NGC 7098
NGC 7098
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
111 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
57k ly
across
11.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 111 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7098 as it looked roughly 111 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 7095Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 6920Lenticular17 million ly
apartIC 5026Spiral20 million ly
apartIC 5072Galaxy21 million ly
apartIC 5249Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 5069Barred spiral23 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6920Lenticular17 million ly
apartIC 5026Spiral20 million ly
apartIC 5072Galaxy21 million ly
apartIC 5249Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 5069Barred spiral23 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).