NGC 589
NGC 589
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
244 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
54k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 244 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 589 as it looked roughly 244 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 593Lenticular3.0 million ly
apartIC 128Barred spiral4.4 million ly
apartIC 129Lenticular4.6 million ly
apartNGC 599Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 1714Galaxy18 million ly
apartNGC 601Galaxy18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 128Barred spiral4.4 million ly
apartIC 129Lenticular4.6 million ly
apartNGC 599Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 1714Galaxy18 million ly
apartNGC 601Galaxy18 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).