NGC 612
NGC 612
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
418 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
181k ly
across
13.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 418 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 612 as it looked roughly 418 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 623Elliptical1.8 million ly
apartNGC 619Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 572Lenticular25 million ly
apartIC 1728Barred spiral31 million ly
apartIC 1739Barred spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 698Spiral39 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 619Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 572Lenticular25 million ly
apartIC 1728Barred spiral31 million ly
apartIC 1739Barred spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 698Spiral39 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).