NGC 576
NGC 576
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
148 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
42k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 148 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 576 as it looked roughly 148 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 454 NED01Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 454 NED02Lenticular26 million ly
apartNGC 92Spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 88Lenticular34 million ly
apartNGC 324Lenticular35 million ly
apartNGC 87Irregular35 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 454 NED02Lenticular26 million ly
apartNGC 92Spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 88Lenticular34 million ly
apartNGC 324Lenticular35 million ly
apartNGC 87Irregular35 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).