NGC 655
NGC 655
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
406 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
132k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 406 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 655 as it looked roughly 406 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
IC 169Elliptical19 million ly
apartIC 1667Spiral56 million ly
apartNGC 640Barred spiral62 million ly
apartNGC 649Spiral64 million ly
apartNGC 539Spiral68 million ly
apartNGC 367Spiral73 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1667Spiral56 million ly
apartNGC 640Barred spiral62 million ly
apartNGC 649Spiral64 million ly
apartNGC 539Spiral68 million ly
apartNGC 367Spiral73 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).