NGC 504
NGC 504
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
197 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
89k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 197 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 504 as it looked roughly 197 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 517Lenticular1.8 million ly
apartNGC 495Lenticular5.9 million ly
apartIC 1682Spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 499Elliptical8.4 million ly
apartNGC 582Barred spiral8.6 million ly
apartIC 1680Lenticular9.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 495Lenticular5.9 million ly
apartIC 1682Spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 499Elliptical8.4 million ly
apartNGC 582Barred spiral8.6 million ly
apartIC 1680Lenticular9.6 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).