Galaxy · Lenticular
NGC 608
NGC 608 is a galaxy in the direction of the constellation Triangulum, 237.8 million light-years away.
| Type | Lenticular |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Triangulum |
| Distance | 237.8 million light-years (72.90 Mpc) |
| Diameter | 92,000 light-years · 1.1 × the Milky Way |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude −21.29 |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 13.02 |
| Luminosity | 1.4 × the Milky Way |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 1h 35m 28.2s |
| Declination (J2000) | +33° 39′ 24″ |
| Source | 2MASS Redshift Survey (Huchra et al. 2012) |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 13.02. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 56° S. North of latitude 56° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in October, the best time to observe it.
Through a telescope from Earth
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out 238 million years ago. At that time complex animals were spreading through the seas and over the land; there were no dinosaurs yet. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 4,217.8 billion years.