NGC 497
NGC 497
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
379 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
227k ly
across
13.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 379 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 497 as it looked roughly 379 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 1697Lenticular24 million ly
apartIC 76Lenticular36 million ly
apartIC 121Barred spiral49 million ly
apartIC 123Elliptical52 million ly
apartIC 91Galaxy55 million ly
apartIC 172Barred spiral55 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 76Lenticular36 million ly
apartIC 121Barred spiral49 million ly
apartIC 123Elliptical52 million ly
apartIC 91Galaxy55 million ly
apartIC 172Barred spiral55 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).