NGC 2600
NGC 2600
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
627 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
221k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 627 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2600 as it looked roughly 627 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 2602Lenticular5.1 million ly
apartNGC 2606Barred spiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 2656Elliptical26 million ly
apartNGC 2687BElliptical84 million ly
apartNGC 2458Elliptical84 million ly
apartNGC 2537ASpiral100 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2606Barred spiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 2656Elliptical26 million ly
apartNGC 2687BElliptical84 million ly
apartNGC 2458Elliptical84 million ly
apartNGC 2537ASpiral100 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).