NGC 648
NGC 648
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
503 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
159k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 503 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 648 as it looked roughly 503 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 725Spiral34 million ly
apartNGC 540Lenticular38 million ly
apartIC 141Barred spiral49 million ly
apartNGC 555Lenticular53 million ly
apartNGC 539Spiral55 million ly
apartIC 1745Lenticular65 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 540Lenticular38 million ly
apartIC 141Barred spiral49 million ly
apartNGC 555Lenticular53 million ly
apartNGC 539Spiral55 million ly
apartIC 1745Lenticular65 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).