NGC 2601
NGC 2601
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
156 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
77k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 156 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2601 as it looked roughly 156 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 2202Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 2417Barred spiral23 million ly
apartIC 2200Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 2369ASpiral24 million ly
apartNGC 2369Spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 2369BBarred spiral28 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2417Barred spiral23 million ly
apartIC 2200Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 2369ASpiral24 million ly
apartNGC 2369Spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 2369BBarred spiral28 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).