NGC 615
NGC 615
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
86 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
80k ly
across
11.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 86 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 615 as it looked roughly 86 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 600Spiral790,000 ly
apartNGC 596Elliptical1.2 million ly
apartNGC 636Elliptical1.5 million ly
apartNGC 584Elliptical1.6 million ly
apartIC 127Barred spiral2.1 million ly
apartNGC 586Spiral4.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 596Elliptical1.2 million ly
apartNGC 636Elliptical1.5 million ly
apartNGC 584Elliptical1.6 million ly
apartIC 127Barred spiral2.1 million ly
apartNGC 586Spiral4.4 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).