NGC 533
NGC 533
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
258 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
258k ly
across
11.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 258 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 533 as it looked roughly 258 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 467Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 570Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 547Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 548Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 541Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 585Barred spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 570Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 547Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 548Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 541Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 585Barred spiral15 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).