NGC 481
NGC 481
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
258 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
110k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 258 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 481 as it looked roughly 258 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
IC 90Elliptical8.0 million ly
apartNGC 599Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 601Galaxy19 million ly
apartIC 116Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 128Barred spiral21 million ly
apartIC 129Lenticular21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 599Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 601Galaxy19 million ly
apartIC 116Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 128Barred spiral21 million ly
apartIC 129Lenticular21 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).