NGC 546
NGC 546
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
306 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
120k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 306 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 546 as it looked roughly 306 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 482Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 549Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 409Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 415Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 544Elliptical26 million ly
apartNGC 630Elliptical28 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 549Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 409Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 415Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 544Elliptical26 million ly
apartNGC 630Elliptical28 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).