NGC 620
NGC 620
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Scd
116 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
28k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 116 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 620 as it looked roughly 116 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 573Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 65Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 1138Lenticular29 million ly
apartNGC 1169Barred spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 1160Barred spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 1159Spiral33 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 65Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 1138Lenticular29 million ly
apartNGC 1169Barred spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 1160Barred spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 1159Spiral33 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).