NGC 2604B
NGC 2604B
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sd
98 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
16k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 98 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2604B as it looked roughly 98 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 2604Barred spiral960,000 ly
apartNGC 2608Barred spiral2.3 million ly
apartIC 2361Barred spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 2679Lenticular7.6 million ly
apartNGC 2592Elliptical8.4 million ly
apartIC 2268Elliptical10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2608Barred spiral2.3 million ly
apartIC 2361Barred spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 2679Lenticular7.6 million ly
apartNGC 2592Elliptical8.4 million ly
apartIC 2268Elliptical10 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).