NGC 565
NGC 565
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
208 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
88k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 208 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 565 as it looked roughly 208 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 138Spiral9.0 million ly
apartIC 120Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 535Lenticular20 million ly
apartIC 1694Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 558Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 530Lenticular25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 120Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 535Lenticular20 million ly
apartIC 1694Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 558Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 530Lenticular25 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).