NGC 599
NGC 599
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
255 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
113k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 255 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 599 as it looked roughly 255 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 601Galaxy6.9 million ly
apartIC 1714Galaxy7.4 million ly
apartIC 129Lenticular7.5 million ly
apartIC 128Barred spiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 589Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 593Lenticular13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1714Galaxy7.4 million ly
apartIC 129Lenticular7.5 million ly
apartIC 128Barred spiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 589Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 593Lenticular13 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).