NGC 569
NGC 569
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
278 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
80k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 278 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 569 as it looked roughly 278 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
IC 112Spiral9.7 million ly
apartNGC 505Lenticular22 million ly
apartIC 107Elliptical26 million ly
apartIC 154Barred spiral27 million ly
apartIC 1723Barred spiral28 million ly
apartIC 1704Spiral29 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 505Lenticular22 million ly
apartIC 107Elliptical26 million ly
apartIC 154Barred spiral27 million ly
apartIC 1723Barred spiral28 million ly
apartIC 1704Spiral29 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).