NGC 587
NGC 587
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
212 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
138k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 212 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 587 as it looked roughly 212 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 591Lenticular1.7 million ly
apartNGC 561Spiral5.4 million ly
apartNGC 542Barred spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 531Lenticular8.4 million ly
apartIC 1718Galaxy8.7 million ly
apartIC 1690Lenticular11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 561Spiral5.4 million ly
apartNGC 542Barred spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 531Lenticular8.4 million ly
apartIC 1718Galaxy8.7 million ly
apartIC 1690Lenticular11 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).