NGC 590
NGC 590
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
234 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
145k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 234 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 590 as it looked roughly 234 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 605Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 812Spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 846Barred spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 317ASpiral31 million ly
apartNGC 389Lenticular32 million ly
apartNGC 551Barred spiral34 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 812Spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 846Barred spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 317ASpiral31 million ly
apartNGC 389Lenticular32 million ly
apartNGC 551Barred spiral34 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).