NGC 601
NGC 601
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
262 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
30k ly
across
16.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 262 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 601 as it looked roughly 262 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
IC 1714Galaxy3.8 million ly
apartNGC 599Elliptical6.9 million ly
apartIC 129Lenticular14 million ly
apartIC 128Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 160Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 589Lenticular18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 599Elliptical6.9 million ly
apartIC 129Lenticular14 million ly
apartIC 128Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 160Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 589Lenticular18 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).