NGC 608
NGC 608
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
237 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
57k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 237 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 608 as it looked roughly 237 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 614Lenticular2.1 million ly
apartNGC 579Spiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 553Lenticular8.2 million ly
apartNGC 621Lenticular8.3 million ly
apartNGC 515Lenticular9.4 million ly
apartIC 1691Lenticular10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 579Spiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 553Lenticular8.2 million ly
apartNGC 621Lenticular8.3 million ly
apartNGC 515Lenticular9.4 million ly
apartIC 1691Lenticular10 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).