NGC 499
NGC 499
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
205 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
100k ly
across
12.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 205 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 499 as it looked roughly 205 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 1680Lenticular1.7 million ly
apartIC 1682Spiral2.2 million ly
apartNGC 582Barred spiral7.0 million ly
apartIC 1689Lenticular7.3 million ly
apartIC 1690Lenticular7.5 million ly
apartNGC 504Lenticular8.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1682Spiral2.2 million ly
apartNGC 582Barred spiral7.0 million ly
apartIC 1689Lenticular7.3 million ly
apartIC 1690Lenticular7.5 million ly
apartNGC 504Lenticular8.4 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).