NGC 531
NGC 531
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
219 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
113k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 219 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 531 as it looked roughly 219 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 542Barred spiral1.9 million ly
apartNGC 561Spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 483Barred spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 528Lenticular7.2 million ly
apartIC 1683Barred spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 512Spiral8.0 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 561Spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 483Barred spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 528Lenticular7.2 million ly
apartIC 1683Barred spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 512Spiral8.0 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).