NGC 535
NGC 535
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
228 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
64k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 228 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 535 as it looked roughly 228 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 558Elliptical4.3 million ly
apartNGC 530Lenticular4.9 million ly
apartIC 120Lenticular9.7 million ly
apartIC 1694Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 521Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 138Spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 530Lenticular4.9 million ly
apartIC 120Lenticular9.7 million ly
apartIC 1694Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 521Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 138Spiral15 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).