NGC 50
NGC 50
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
256 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
152k ly
across
12.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 256 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 50 as it looked roughly 256 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 54Barred spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 47Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 1490Spiral23 million ly
apartIC 3Elliptical31 million ly
apartNGC 7829Lenticular32 million ly
apartNGC 7828Spiral32 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 47Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 1490Spiral23 million ly
apartIC 3Elliptical31 million ly
apartNGC 7829Lenticular32 million ly
apartNGC 7828Spiral32 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).