NGC 517
NGC 517
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
196 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
83k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 196 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 517 as it looked roughly 196 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 504Lenticular1.8 million ly
apartNGC 495Lenticular4.7 million ly
apartIC 1682Spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 582Barred spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 499Elliptical9.7 million ly
apartIC 1684Lenticular10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 495Lenticular4.7 million ly
apartIC 1682Spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 582Barred spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 499Elliptical9.7 million ly
apartIC 1684Lenticular10 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).