NGC 548
NGC 548
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
252 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
66k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 252 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 548 as it looked roughly 252 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 541Elliptical1.5 million ly
apartNGC 545Elliptical2.8 million ly
apartNGC 538Barred spiral4.0 million ly
apartNGC 519Elliptical4.4 million ly
apartNGC 560Lenticular5.1 million ly
apartNGC 547Elliptical5.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 545Elliptical2.8 million ly
apartNGC 538Barred spiral4.0 million ly
apartNGC 519Elliptical4.4 million ly
apartNGC 560Lenticular5.1 million ly
apartNGC 547Elliptical5.2 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).