NGC 614
NGC 614
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
239 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
106k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 239 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 614 as it looked roughly 239 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 608Lenticular2.1 million ly
apartNGC 579Spiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 621Lenticular7.7 million ly
apartNGC 553Lenticular9.3 million ly
apartNGC 536Barred spiral9.6 million ly
apartNGC 515Lenticular10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 579Spiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 621Lenticular7.7 million ly
apartNGC 553Lenticular9.3 million ly
apartNGC 536Barred spiral9.6 million ly
apartNGC 515Lenticular10 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).