NGC 489
NGC 489
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
116 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
52k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 116 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 489 as it looked roughly 116 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 502Lenticular920,000 ly
apartNGC 516Lenticular3.3 million ly
apartNGC 524Lenticular3.5 million ly
apartIC 101Barred spiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 514Spiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 532Spiral10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 516Lenticular3.3 million ly
apartNGC 524Lenticular3.5 million ly
apartIC 101Barred spiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 514Spiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 532Spiral10 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).