NGC 631
NGC 631
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
263 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
71k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 263 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 631 as it looked roughly 263 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
IC 150Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 664Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 1726Galaxy16 million ly
apartIC 1723Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 652Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 741Elliptical22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 664Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 1726Galaxy16 million ly
apartIC 1723Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 652Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 741Elliptical22 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).