NGC 575
NGC 575
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
147 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
62k ly
across
13.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 147 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 575 as it looked roughly 147 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 674Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 694Lenticular15 million ly
apartIC 1730Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 167Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 680Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 678Barred spiral18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 694Lenticular15 million ly
apartIC 1730Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 167Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 680Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 678Barred spiral18 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).