NGC 2604
NGC 2604
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
97 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
42k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 97 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2604 as it looked roughly 97 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 2604BSpiral960,000 ly
apartNGC 2608Barred spiral3.1 million ly
apartIC 2361Barred spiral6.5 million ly
apartNGC 2679Lenticular7.3 million ly
apartNGC 2592Elliptical7.8 million ly
apartIC 2268Elliptical9.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2608Barred spiral3.1 million ly
apartIC 2361Barred spiral6.5 million ly
apartNGC 2679Lenticular7.3 million ly
apartNGC 2592Elliptical7.8 million ly
apartIC 2268Elliptical9.9 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).