NGC 596
NGC 596
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
87 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
54k ly
across
10.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 87 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 596 as it looked roughly 87 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 600Spiral630,000 ly
apartIC 127Barred spiral1.2 million ly
apartNGC 615Barred spiral1.2 million ly
apartNGC 584Elliptical1.2 million ly
apartNGC 636Elliptical2.5 million ly
apartNGC 586Spiral3.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 127Barred spiral1.2 million ly
apartNGC 615Barred spiral1.2 million ly
apartNGC 584Elliptical1.2 million ly
apartNGC 636Elliptical2.5 million ly
apartNGC 586Spiral3.4 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).