NGC 624
NGC 624
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
276 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
105k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 276 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 624 as it looked roughly 276 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 601Galaxy18 million ly
apartIC 1714Galaxy21 million ly
apartNGC 599Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 481Elliptical25 million ly
apartIC 160Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 699Barred spiral26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1714Galaxy21 million ly
apartNGC 599Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 481Elliptical25 million ly
apartIC 160Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 699Barred spiral26 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).