NGC 513
NGC 513
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
273 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
49k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 273 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 513 as it looked roughly 273 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 503Lenticular3.6 million ly
apartIC 1669Galaxy8.6 million ly
apartIC 1668Spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 496Barred spiral9.9 million ly
apartNGC 431Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 498Galaxy14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1669Galaxy8.6 million ly
apartIC 1668Spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 496Barred spiral9.9 million ly
apartNGC 431Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 498Galaxy14 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).