NGC 600
NGC 600
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Scd
86 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
66k ly
across
12.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 86 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 600 as it looked roughly 86 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 596Elliptical630,000 ly
apartNGC 615Barred spiral790,000 ly
apartNGC 584Elliptical1.1 million ly
apartIC 127Barred spiral1.4 million ly
apartNGC 636Elliptical2.3 million ly
apartNGC 586Spiral3.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 615Barred spiral790,000 ly
apartNGC 584Elliptical1.1 million ly
apartIC 127Barred spiral1.4 million ly
apartNGC 636Elliptical2.3 million ly
apartNGC 586Spiral3.9 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).