NGC 530
NGC 530
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
233 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
121k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 233 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 530 as it looked roughly 233 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 558Elliptical3.4 million ly
apartNGC 535Lenticular4.9 million ly
apartNGC 543Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 521Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 1694Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 120Lenticular14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 535Lenticular4.9 million ly
apartNGC 543Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 521Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 1694Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 120Lenticular14 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).