NGC 1606
NGC 1606
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
241 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
40k ly
across
16.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 241 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1606 as it looked roughly 241 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 1603Lenticular350,000 ly
apartNGC 1612Lenticular6.2 million ly
apartNGC 1601Lenticular8.0 million ly
apartNGC 1618Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 1622Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 1643Barred spiral17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1612Lenticular6.2 million ly
apartNGC 1601Lenticular8.0 million ly
apartNGC 1618Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 1622Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 1643Barred spiral17 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).