NGC 556
NGC 556
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
454 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
59k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 454 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 556 as it looked roughly 454 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 554ALenticular8.4 million ly
apartNGC 555Lenticular27 million ly
apartNGC 540Lenticular33 million ly
apartNGC 539Spiral36 million ly
apartIC 1667Spiral51 million ly
apartIC 1599Barred spiral60 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 555Lenticular27 million ly
apartNGC 540Lenticular33 million ly
apartNGC 539Spiral36 million ly
apartIC 1667Spiral51 million ly
apartIC 1599Barred spiral60 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).