NGC 586
NGC 586
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
90 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
42k ly
across
13.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 90 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 586 as it looked roughly 90 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 596Elliptical3.4 million ly
apartIC 127Barred spiral3.6 million ly
apartNGC 600Spiral3.9 million ly
apartNGC 615Barred spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 584Elliptical4.5 million ly
apartNGC 636Elliptical4.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 127Barred spiral3.6 million ly
apartNGC 600Spiral3.9 million ly
apartNGC 615Barred spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 584Elliptical4.5 million ly
apartNGC 636Elliptical4.9 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).