NGC 656
NGC 656
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
183 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
68k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 183 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 656 as it looked roughly 183 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 661Elliptical9.2 million ly
apartNGC 670Lenticular12 million ly
apartIC 1725Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 684Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 1731Spiral22 million ly
apartIC 1684Lenticular27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 670Lenticular12 million ly
apartIC 1725Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 684Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 1731Spiral22 million ly
apartIC 1684Lenticular27 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).