NGC 491A
NGC 491A
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Scd
168 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
92k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 168 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 491A as it looked roughly 168 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
IC 1657Barred spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 491Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 1608Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 424Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 438Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 1724Lenticular18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 491Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 1608Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 424Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 438Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 1724Lenticular18 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).