NGC 496
NGC 496
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
283 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
73k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 283 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 496 as it looked roughly 283 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 498Galaxy3.6 million ly
apartNGC 503Lenticular7.2 million ly
apartNGC 513Spiral9.9 million ly
apartIC 1668Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 1669Galaxy17 million ly
apartNGC 431Lenticular18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 503Lenticular7.2 million ly
apartNGC 513Spiral9.9 million ly
apartIC 1668Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 1669Galaxy17 million ly
apartNGC 431Lenticular18 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).