NGC 539
NGC 539
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
454 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
174k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 454 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 539 as it looked roughly 454 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 1667Spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 540Lenticular29 million ly
apartNGC 556Elliptical36 million ly
apartNGC 554ALenticular37 million ly
apartNGC 555Lenticular46 million ly
apartNGC 648Elliptical55 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 540Lenticular29 million ly
apartNGC 556Elliptical36 million ly
apartNGC 554ALenticular37 million ly
apartNGC 555Lenticular46 million ly
apartNGC 648Elliptical55 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).