NGC 560
NGC 560
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
255 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
155k ly
across
12.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 255 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 560 as it looked roughly 255 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 547Elliptical3.3 million ly
apartNGC 541Elliptical3.9 million ly
apartNGC 548Elliptical5.1 million ly
apartNGC 570Spiral5.1 million ly
apartNGC 557Lenticular6.1 million ly
apartNGC 545Elliptical7.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 541Elliptical3.9 million ly
apartNGC 548Elliptical5.1 million ly
apartNGC 570Spiral5.1 million ly
apartNGC 557Lenticular6.1 million ly
apartNGC 545Elliptical7.1 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).