NGC 621
NGC 621
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
240 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
78k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 240 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 621 as it looked roughly 240 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 614Lenticular7.7 million ly
apartNGC 608Lenticular8.3 million ly
apartNGC 536Barred spiral9.8 million ly
apartNGC 551Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 579Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 679Elliptical12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 608Lenticular8.3 million ly
apartNGC 536Barred spiral9.8 million ly
apartNGC 551Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 579Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 679Elliptical12 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).