NGC 626
NGC 626
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
267 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
112k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 267 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 626 as it looked roughly 267 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 534Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 630Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 544Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 574Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 568Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 527Lenticular22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 630Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 544Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 574Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 568Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 527Lenticular22 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).