NGC 526A
NGC 526A
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
265 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
131k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 265 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 526A as it looked roughly 265 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 526BLenticular2.4 million ly
apartNGC 527Lenticular3.8 million ly
apartNGC 568Elliptical5.3 million ly
apartNGC 574Barred spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 527BBarred spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 461Spiral9.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 527Lenticular3.8 million ly
apartNGC 568Elliptical5.3 million ly
apartNGC 574Barred spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 527BBarred spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 461Spiral9.1 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).