NGC 566
NGC 566
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
253 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
89k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 253 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 566 as it looked roughly 253 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 508Elliptical7.5 million ly
apartNGC 494Spiral8.0 million ly
apartIC 1692Lenticular8.3 million ly
apartIC 1677Spiral8.6 million ly
apartIC 1679Lenticular9.7 million ly
apartNGC 472Barred spiral10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 494Spiral8.0 million ly
apartIC 1692Lenticular8.3 million ly
apartIC 1677Spiral8.6 million ly
apartIC 1679Lenticular9.7 million ly
apartNGC 472Barred spiral10 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).