NGC 514
NGC 514
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
115 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
117k ly
across
11.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 115 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 514 as it looked roughly 115 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 516Lenticular7.0 million ly
apartNGC 524Lenticular7.0 million ly
apartIC 101Barred spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 489Spiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 502Lenticular7.8 million ly
apartIC 114Lenticular11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 524Lenticular7.0 million ly
apartIC 101Barred spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 489Spiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 502Lenticular7.8 million ly
apartIC 114Lenticular11 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).