NGC 640
NGC 640
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
349 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
77k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 349 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 640 as it looked roughly 349 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 649Spiral2.0 million ly
apartNGC 567Lenticular30 million ly
apartIC 169Elliptical53 million ly
apartNGC 367Spiral56 million ly
apartNGC 355Lenticular58 million ly
apartNGC 583Lenticular59 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 567Lenticular30 million ly
apartIC 169Elliptical53 million ly
apartNGC 367Spiral56 million ly
apartNGC 355Lenticular58 million ly
apartNGC 583Lenticular59 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).