NGC 54
NGC 54
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
247 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
97k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 247 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 54 as it looked roughly 247 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 50Elliptical8.9 million ly
apartNGC 47Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 1490Spiral25 million ly
apartIC 3Elliptical30 million ly
apartNGC 195Spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 78ALenticular36 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 47Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 1490Spiral25 million ly
apartIC 3Elliptical30 million ly
apartNGC 195Spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 78ALenticular36 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).