NGC 482
NGC 482
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
306 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
183k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 306 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 482 as it looked roughly 306 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 546Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 641Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 549Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 644Barred spiral26 million ly
apartIC 1609Lenticular28 million ly
apartNGC 409Elliptical30 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 641Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 549Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 644Barred spiral26 million ly
apartIC 1609Lenticular28 million ly
apartNGC 409Elliptical30 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).