NGC 544
NGC 544
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
280 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
120k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 280 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 544 as it looked roughly 280 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 549Barred spiral6.2 million ly
apartNGC 534Lenticular8.6 million ly
apartNGC 630Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 626Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 574Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 527Lenticular18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 534Lenticular8.6 million ly
apartNGC 630Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 626Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 574Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 527Lenticular18 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).