NGC 551
NGC 551
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
242 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
105k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 242 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 551 as it looked roughly 242 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 536Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 621Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 1675Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 515Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 614Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 608Lenticular17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 621Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 1675Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 515Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 614Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 608Lenticular17 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).