NGC 547
NGC 547
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
257 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
229k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 257 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 547 as it looked roughly 257 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 560Lenticular3.3 million ly
apartNGC 570Spiral3.8 million ly
apartNGC 541Elliptical3.9 million ly
apartNGC 557Lenticular4.6 million ly
apartNGC 548Elliptical5.2 million ly
apartNGC 545Elliptical7.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 570Spiral3.8 million ly
apartNGC 541Elliptical3.9 million ly
apartNGC 557Lenticular4.6 million ly
apartNGC 548Elliptical5.2 million ly
apartNGC 545Elliptical7.9 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).