NGC 520 NED02
NGC 520 NED02
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
106 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
48k ly
across
12.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 106 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 520 NED02 as it looked roughly 106 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 488Barred spiral3.1 million ly
apartNGC 490Barred spiral4.2 million ly
apartNGC 493Spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 485Barred spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 474Lenticular6.8 million ly
apartNGC 520 NED01Spiral7.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 490Barred spiral4.2 million ly
apartNGC 493Spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 485Barred spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 474Lenticular6.8 million ly
apartNGC 520 NED01Spiral7.3 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).