NGC 60
NGC 60
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
550 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
165k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 550 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 60 as it looked roughly 550 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 118Elliptical42 million ly
apartNGC 138Spiral64 million ly
apartNGC 141Lenticular64 million ly
apartNGC 139Barred spiral71 million ly
apartIC 1549Lenticular74 million ly
apartNGC 7838Lenticular86 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 138Spiral64 million ly
apartNGC 141Lenticular64 million ly
apartNGC 139Barred spiral71 million ly
apartIC 1549Lenticular74 million ly
apartNGC 7838Lenticular86 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).