NGC 526B
NGC 526B
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
263 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
60k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 263 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 526B as it looked roughly 263 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 526ALenticular2.4 million ly
apartNGC 527BBarred spiral4.2 million ly
apartNGC 568Elliptical4.8 million ly
apartNGC 527Lenticular6.2 million ly
apartNGC 574Barred spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 461Spiral10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 527BBarred spiral4.2 million ly
apartNGC 568Elliptical4.8 million ly
apartNGC 527Lenticular6.2 million ly
apartNGC 574Barred spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 461Spiral10 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).