NGC 658
NGC 658
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
138 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
59k ly
across
12.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 138 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 658 as it looked roughly 138 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 522Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 1711Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 518Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 632Lenticular19 million ly
apartIC 163Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 638Elliptical22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1711Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 518Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 632Lenticular19 million ly
apartIC 163Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 638Elliptical22 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).