NGC 613
NGC 613
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
69 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
110k ly
across
10.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 69 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 613 as it looked roughly 69 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 1729Elliptical5.3 million ly
apartNGC 423Lenticular7.9 million ly
apartNGC 723Barred spiral8.6 million ly
apartNGC 578Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 254Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 289Barred spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 423Lenticular7.9 million ly
apartNGC 723Barred spiral8.6 million ly
apartNGC 578Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 254Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 289Barred spiral13 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).