NGC 49
NGC 49
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
234 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
63k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 234 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 49 as it looked roughly 234 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 48Spiral480,000 ly
apartIC 1536Elliptical6.3 million ly
apartIC 1534Lenticular8.6 million ly
apartIC 1535Barred spiral9.1 million ly
apartIC 1525Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 51Lenticular26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1536Elliptical6.3 million ly
apartIC 1534Lenticular8.6 million ly
apartIC 1535Barred spiral9.1 million ly
apartIC 1525Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 51Lenticular26 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).