NGC 567
NGC 567
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
326 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
115k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 326 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 567 as it looked roughly 326 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 649Spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 640Barred spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 355Lenticular43 million ly
apartNGC 301Spiral44 million ly
apartNGC 583Lenticular46 million ly
apartNGC 367Spiral50 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 640Barred spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 355Lenticular43 million ly
apartNGC 301Spiral44 million ly
apartNGC 583Lenticular46 million ly
apartNGC 367Spiral50 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).