NGC 500
NGC 500
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
574 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
152k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 574 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 500 as it looked roughly 574 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 1629Galaxy45 million ly
apartIC 87Barred spiral55 million ly
apartNGC 445Lenticular56 million ly
apartIC 145Barred spiral66 million ly
apartIC 75Barred spiral67 million ly
apartIC 83Galaxy69 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 87Barred spiral55 million ly
apartNGC 445Lenticular56 million ly
apartIC 145Barred spiral66 million ly
apartIC 75Barred spiral67 million ly
apartIC 83Galaxy69 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).