NGC 488
NGC 488
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
106 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
156k ly
across
10.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 106 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 488 as it looked roughly 106 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 spiral2.2 million ly
apartNGC 520 NED02Spiral3.1 million ly
apartNGC 485Barred spiral3.4 million ly
apartNGC 520 NED01Spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 532Spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 509Lenticular7.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 520 NED02Spiral3.1 million ly
apartNGC 485Barred spiral3.4 million ly
apartNGC 520 NED01Spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 532Spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 509Lenticular7.8 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).