NGC 2608
NGC 2608
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
99 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
56k ly
across
12.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 99 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2608 as it looked roughly 99 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 2604BSpiral2.3 million ly
apartNGC 2604Barred spiral3.1 million ly
apartIC 2361Barred spiral4.7 million ly
apartNGC 2679Lenticular8.6 million ly
apartIC 508Barred spiral8.6 million ly
apartNGC 2592Elliptical8.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2604Barred spiral3.1 million ly
apartIC 2361Barred spiral4.7 million ly
apartNGC 2679Lenticular8.6 million ly
apartIC 508Barred spiral8.6 million ly
apartNGC 2592Elliptical8.6 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).