NGC 617
NGC 617
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
570 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
98k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 570 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 617 as it looked roughly 570 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 647Lenticular24 million ly
apartIC 144Elliptical36 million ly
apartNGC 480Spiral45 million ly
apartIC 1738Barred spiral53 million ly
apartIC 141Barred spiral57 million ly
apartIC 95Galaxy69 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 144Elliptical36 million ly
apartNGC 480Spiral45 million ly
apartIC 1738Barred spiral53 million ly
apartIC 141Barred spiral57 million ly
apartIC 95Galaxy69 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).