NGC 558
NGC 558
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
232 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
42k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 232 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 558 as it looked roughly 232 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 530Lenticular3.4 million ly
apartNGC 535Lenticular4.3 million ly
apartIC 120Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 543Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 1694Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 521Barred spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 535Lenticular4.3 million ly
apartIC 120Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 543Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 1694Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 521Barred spiral16 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).