NGC 630
NGC 630
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
281 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
155k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 281 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 630 as it looked roughly 281 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 544Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 549Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 626Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 534Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 644Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 641Elliptical21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 549Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 626Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 534Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 644Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 641Elliptical21 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).