NGC 507
NGC 507
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
230 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
164k ly
across
11.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 230 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 507 as it looked roughly 230 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 1687Lenticular1.6 million ly
apartNGC 501Elliptical2.0 million ly
apartNGC 512Spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 523Barred spiral4.4 million ly
apartIC 1691Lenticular4.7 million ly
apartIC 1666Spiral4.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 501Elliptical2.0 million ly
apartNGC 512Spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 523Barred spiral4.4 million ly
apartIC 1691Lenticular4.7 million ly
apartIC 1666Spiral4.9 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).