NGC 528
NGC 528
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
225 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
116k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 225 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 528 as it looked roughly 225 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 512Spiral2.0 million ly
apartNGC 523Barred spiral2.4 million ly
apartIC 1683Barred spiral4.0 million ly
apartNGC 507Elliptical5.3 million ly
apartNGC 529Elliptical5.6 million ly
apartIC 1687Lenticular6.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 523Barred spiral2.4 million ly
apartIC 1683Barred spiral4.0 million ly
apartNGC 507Elliptical5.3 million ly
apartNGC 529Elliptical5.6 million ly
apartIC 1687Lenticular6.8 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).