NGC 584
NGC 584
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
86 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
94k ly
across
10.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 86 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 584 as it looked roughly 86 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 127Barred spiral1.1 million ly
apartNGC 600Spiral1.1 million ly
apartNGC 596Elliptical1.2 million ly
apartNGC 615Barred spiral1.6 million ly
apartNGC 636Elliptical3.1 million ly
apartNGC 586Spiral4.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 600Spiral1.1 million ly
apartNGC 596Elliptical1.2 million ly
apartNGC 615Barred spiral1.6 million ly
apartNGC 636Elliptical3.1 million ly
apartNGC 586Spiral4.5 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).