NGC 520 NED01
NGC 520 NED01
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
99 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
118k ly
across
11.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 99 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 520 NED01 as it looked roughly 99 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 490Barred spiral5.4 million ly
apartNGC 520 NED02Spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 488Barred spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 485Barred spiral8.1 million ly
apartNGC 525Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 493Spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 520 NED02Spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 488Barred spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 485Barred spiral8.1 million ly
apartNGC 525Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 493Spiral12 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).