NGC 516
NGC 516
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
113 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
53k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 113 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 516 as it looked roughly 113 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 524Lenticular330,000 ly
apartIC 101Barred spiral2.5 million ly
apartNGC 502Lenticular2.6 million ly
apartNGC 489Spiral3.3 million ly
apartNGC 532Spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 514Spiral7.0 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 101Barred spiral2.5 million ly
apartNGC 502Lenticular2.6 million ly
apartNGC 489Spiral3.3 million ly
apartNGC 532Spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 514Spiral7.0 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).