NGC 61A
NGC 61A
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
376 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
162k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 376 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 61A as it looked roughly 376 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 61BLenticular740,000 ly
apartNGC 38Spiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 116Lenticular27 million ly
apartNGC 64Barred spiral31 million ly
apartIC 1521Lenticular41 million ly
apartIC 20Lenticular50 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 38Spiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 116Lenticular27 million ly
apartNGC 64Barred spiral31 million ly
apartIC 1521Lenticular41 million ly
apartIC 20Lenticular50 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).