NGC 495
NGC 495
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
191 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
61k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 191 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 495 as it looked roughly 191 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 517Lenticular4.7 million ly
apartIC 1684Lenticular5.7 million ly
apartNGC 504Lenticular5.9 million ly
apartIC 1682Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 384Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 582Barred spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1684Lenticular5.7 million ly
apartNGC 504Lenticular5.9 million ly
apartIC 1682Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 384Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 582Barred spiral13 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).