NGC 521
NGC 521
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
236 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
190k ly
across
11.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 236 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 521 as it looked roughly 236 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 1694Elliptical8.8 million ly
apartNGC 479Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 622Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 84Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 530Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 535Lenticular15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 479Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 622Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 84Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 530Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 535Lenticular15 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).