NGC 561
NGC 561
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
214 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
87k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 214 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 561 as it looked roughly 214 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 542Barred spiral3.4 million ly
apartNGC 531Lenticular5.2 million ly
apartNGC 587Spiral5.4 million ly
apartIC 1690Lenticular5.7 million ly
apartIC 1689Lenticular6.1 million ly
apartNGC 483Barred spiral6.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 531Lenticular5.2 million ly
apartNGC 587Spiral5.4 million ly
apartIC 1690Lenticular5.7 million ly
apartIC 1689Lenticular6.1 million ly
apartNGC 483Barred spiral6.6 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).