NGC 557
NGC 557
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
261 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
110k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 261 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 557 as it looked roughly 261 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 547Elliptical4.6 million ly
apartNGC 570Spiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 560Lenticular6.1 million ly
apartIC 126Galaxy6.4 million ly
apartNGC 564Elliptical7.2 million ly
apartNGC 541Elliptical8.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 570Spiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 560Lenticular6.1 million ly
apartIC 126Galaxy6.4 million ly
apartNGC 564Elliptical7.2 million ly
apartNGC 541Elliptical8.4 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).