NGC 549
NGC 549
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
286 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
49k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 286 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 549 as it looked roughly 286 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 544Elliptical6.2 million ly
apartNGC 630Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 534Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 546Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 626Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 527Lenticular22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 630Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 534Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 546Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 626Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 527Lenticular22 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).