NGC 641
NGC 641
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
294 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
156k ly
across
12.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 294 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 641 as it looked roughly 294 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 644Barred spiral4.9 million ly
apartNGC 630Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 482Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 549Barred spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 546Barred spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 544Elliptical30 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 630Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 482Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 549Barred spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 546Barred spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 544Elliptical30 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).