NGC 582
NGC 582
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
203 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
122k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 203 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 582 as it looked roughly 203 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 499Elliptical7.0 million ly
apartIC 1682Spiral7.3 million ly
apartIC 1680Lenticular8.4 million ly
apartNGC 504Lenticular8.6 million ly
apartNGC 517Lenticular8.8 million ly
apartIC 1718Galaxy10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1682Spiral7.3 million ly
apartIC 1680Lenticular8.4 million ly
apartNGC 504Lenticular8.6 million ly
apartNGC 517Lenticular8.8 million ly
apartIC 1718Galaxy10 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).