NGC 605
NGC 605
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
238 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
91k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 238 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 605 as it looked roughly 238 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 590Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 551Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 687Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 621Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 389Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 712Lenticular25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 551Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 687Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 621Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 389Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 712Lenticular25 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).