NGC 572
NGC 572
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
430 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
111k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 430 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 572 as it looked roughly 430 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 612Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 623Elliptical26 million ly
apartNGC 619Barred spiral39 million ly
apartNGC 368Lenticular47 million ly
apartNGC 334Barred spiral54 million ly
apartIC 1728Barred spiral56 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 623Elliptical26 million ly
apartNGC 619Barred spiral39 million ly
apartNGC 368Lenticular47 million ly
apartNGC 334Barred spiral54 million ly
apartIC 1728Barred spiral56 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).