NGC 51
NGC 51
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
260 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
106k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 260 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 51 as it looked roughly 260 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 1535Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 1534Lenticular18 million ly
apartIC 1536Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 48Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 49Lenticular26 million ly
apartIC 1525Barred spiral27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1534Lenticular18 million ly
apartIC 1536Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 48Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 49Lenticular26 million ly
apartIC 1525Barred spiral27 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).