NGC 527
NGC 527
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
269 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
140k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 269 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 527 as it looked roughly 269 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 526ALenticular3.8 million ly
apartNGC 574Barred spiral5.5 million ly
apartNGC 526BLenticular6.2 million ly
apartNGC 568Elliptical7.5 million ly
apartNGC 461Spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 527BBarred spiral10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 574Barred spiral5.5 million ly
apartNGC 526BLenticular6.2 million ly
apartNGC 568Elliptical7.5 million ly
apartNGC 461Spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 527BBarred spiral10 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).