NGC 485
NGC 485
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
105 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
50k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 105 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 485 as it looked roughly 105 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 490Barred spiral3.2 million ly
apartNGC 488Barred spiral3.4 million ly
apartNGC 509Lenticular4.7 million ly
apartNGC 532Spiral4.8 million ly
apartIC 114Lenticular5.9 million ly
apartNGC 520 NED02Spiral6.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 488Barred spiral3.4 million ly
apartNGC 509Lenticular4.7 million ly
apartNGC 532Spiral4.8 million ly
apartIC 114Lenticular5.9 million ly
apartNGC 520 NED02Spiral6.4 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).