NGC 594
NGC 594
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
255 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
92k ly
across
15.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 255 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 594 as it looked roughly 255 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 149Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 1714Galaxy17 million ly
apartIC 129Lenticular18 million ly
apartIC 128Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 690Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 599Elliptical19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1714Galaxy17 million ly
apartIC 129Lenticular18 million ly
apartIC 128Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 690Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 599Elliptical19 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).