NGC 555
NGC 555
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
481 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
104k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 481 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 555 as it looked roughly 481 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 540Lenticular23 million ly
apartNGC 556Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 554ALenticular35 million ly
apartNGC 539Spiral46 million ly
apartNGC 648Elliptical53 million ly
apartIC 1599Barred spiral66 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 556Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 554ALenticular35 million ly
apartNGC 539Spiral46 million ly
apartNGC 648Elliptical53 million ly
apartIC 1599Barred spiral66 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).