NGC 57
NGC 57
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
253 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
155k ly
across
11.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 253 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 57 as it looked roughly 253 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 52Barred spiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 99Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 4Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 109Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 93Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 90Spiral23 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 99Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 4Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 109Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 93Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 90Spiral23 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).