NGC 606
NGC 606
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
464 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
136k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 464 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 606 as it looked roughly 464 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 695Lenticular34 million ly
apartIC 1742Spiral37 million ly
apartNGC 719Lenticular53 million ly
apartIC 1753Elliptical72 million ly
apartIC 1701Elliptical78 million ly
apartIC 1752Galaxy78 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1742Spiral37 million ly
apartNGC 719Lenticular53 million ly
apartIC 1753Elliptical72 million ly
apartIC 1701Elliptical78 million ly
apartIC 1752Galaxy78 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).